Welcoming New Early Career Editorial Board Members of Pharmaceutics

Name: Dr. Tatiane Cogo Machado
Affiliation: Faculty of Science, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, Australia
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0182-7152
Research interests: solid state pharmaceutics; formulation of poorly soluble drugs; pharmaceutical cocrystals; amorphous formulations; crystal and particle engineering, solubility; dissolution kinetics

Name: Dr. Dalila Miele
Affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6396-7452
Research interests: drug delivery systems; tissue engineering; pharmaceutical nanotechnology; gene therapy; non-viral vectors; translational pharmaceutical technology

Name: Dr. Valentyn Mohylyuk
Affiliation: Leading Research Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, Rīga Stradiņš University, 21 Konsula St., LV-1007 Riga, Latvia
Homepage: https://science.rsu.lv/en/persons/valentyn-mohylyuk
Research interests: pharmaceutical technology (hot-melt extrusion, roll-compaction, tableting, coating, FDM 3D printing, etc.); oral dosage forms formulations with tailored drug release: (incl. solubility/BA enhanced); optimization of the pharmacokinetics and custom properties of dosage forms; and cutting-edge methods of oral dosage form pre-formulation and formulation

Name: Dr. Maria Vivero-Lopez
Affiliation: Departamento de Farmacología, Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica, I+D Farma (GI-1645), Facultad de Farmacia, Instituto de Materiales (iMATUS) and Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Homepage: https://www.idfarmausc.es/miembro/maria-vivero-lopez/
Research interests: biomaterials; hydrogels; medicated contact lenses; polymeric micelles; ocular nanoparticles; antibiofilm materials; drug delivery systems; ocular drug delivery; controlled release

Name: Dr. Eduard Preis
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics, Institute of Pharmacy, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
Homepage: https://www.bio.uni-jena.de/14971/pharmazeutische-technologie
Research interests: nanoparticles; nanofibers; liposomes; electrospun fibers; photodynamic therapy; gene therapy; drug delivery

Name: Dr. Antonella Grigoletto
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, University of Padova, Via F. Marzolo 5, 35131 Padova, Italy
Homepage: https://www.dsfarm.unipd.it/antonella-grigoletto-0
Research interests: targeted lipid nanoparticles; nucleic acid delivery; targeted liposomes; drug delivery; peptides and proteins delivery; mAbs; PEG; hyaluronic acid; hydrogels; technological formulation

Name: Dr. Małgorzata Anna Marć
Affiliation: Cell Engineering Laboratory, La Paz University Hospital Health Research Institute (IdiPAZ), 28046 Madrid, Spain
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5183-801X
Research interests: ADMETox; pharmacology; anticancer research; multidrug resistance; efflux pumps; cytotoxicity; apoptosis; antibacterial assays; pharmaceutical biotechnology; drug discovery & development; selenocompounds; small molecules; probiotics

Name: Dr. Amina Tucak-Smajić
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 8, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Homepage: https://ffsa.unsa.ba/index.php/fakultet/katedre/katedra-za-farmaceutsku-tehnologiju  
Research interests: lipid nanoparticles; microRNA delivery; targeted drug delivery; pharmaceutical nanotechnology; transdermal drug delivery; microneedles

Name: Dr. Tingting Peng
Affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 511436, China
Homepage: https://yx.jnu.edu.cn/2025/0314/c37237a831737/page.htm
Research interests: transdermal drug delivery; dissolving microneedles; nano-microparticulate drug delivery

Name: Dr. Maryam Oroujeni
Affiliation: Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
Homepage: https://www.uu.se/en/contact-and-organisation/staff?query=N15-423
Research interests: theranostic; precision oncology; targeted radiotracer

Name: Dr. Sherif Ashraf Fahmy
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, University of Marburg, 35037 Marburg, Germany
Homepage: https://www.uni-marburg.de/en/staff-info?dn=qr2loukxgx
Research interests: drug delivery; controlled release; nanomedicine; herbal medicine; chemotherapeutics; cancer therapy; biomedical applications

Name: Dr. Aun Raza
Affiliation: Academy of Pharmacy, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4960-000X
Research interests: drug delivery systems, nanoparticles; hydrogels; lipid-based carriers

Name: Dr. Pengwen Chen
Affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Homepage: https://bmc.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/lab-members/
Research interests: nanomedicine; drug delivery; cancer therapy; immunotherapy

Name: Dr. Antonio José Guillot
Affiliation: Department of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Homepage: https://producciocientifica.uv.es/investigadores/333786/detalle
Research interests: pharmaceutical technology; drug delivery; controlled drug release; nanotechnology; microneedles; microfluidics; liposomes; biomimetic nanoparticles

Name: Dr. Pankaj Dwivedi
Affiliation: Department of Administrative and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Health Science and Pharmacy in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
Homepage: https://icts.wustl.edu/people/pankaj-dwivedi-phd/
Research interests: drug delivery; nanoparticles; nanomedicine; tissue-specific targeting; tumor targeting

Name: Dr. Giulia Di Prima
Affiliation: Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, 90123 Palermo, Italy
Homepage: https://www.unipa.it/persone/docenti/d/giulia.diprima/en/index.html
Research interests: ex-vivo permeation; nanosystems; drug delivery systems; biopolymers; buccal tablets; microparticles; dissolution kinetics

Name: Dr. Tianqun Lang
Affiliation: Lingang Laboratory, Shanghai, China
Homepage: https://www.lglab.ac.cn/ 
Research interests: nano drug delivery system; biomimetic drug delivery system; lung cancer therapy

Name: Dr. Łukasz Szeleszczuk
Affiliation: Department of Organic and Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
Homepage: https://chemiafizyczna.wum.edu.pl/node/115
Research interests: polymorphism; DFT calculations on molecular solids; NMR parameter calculations; molecular dynamics simulations; phase transitions

Name: Dr. Gustavo A. Hernandez-Fuentes
Affiliation: Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colima, Colima 28040, Mexico
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4685-3095
Research interests: natural products; cancer; medicinal chemistry; organic chemistry; metabolic syndrome

Name: Dr. Xiao Lin
Affiliation: School of Life Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710072, China
Homepage: https://teacher.nwpu.edu.cn/linxiao.html
Research interests: biomaterials; extracellular vesicles; bone and joint degeneration

Name: Dr. Heyang Zhang
Affiliation: BioTherapeutics Division, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Homepage: https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/heyang-zhang/publications#tab-3
Research interests: drug delivery; nanomedicines; nucleic acids

Name: Dr. Guangsheng Du
Affiliation: West China School of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
Homepage: https://pharmacy.scu.edu.cn/info/1059/6149.htm
Research interests: vaccine delivery; cancer vaccination; lymph-node targeting; immune tolerance induction; microneedle delivery system

Name: Dr. Mara Mădălina Mihai
Affiliation: 1. Department of Oncologic Dermatology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 020021 Bucharest, Romania;
2. Elias Emergency University Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
Homepage: https://umfcd.ro/wp-content/uploads/2024/CONC_DID_2024_2025/INFORMATII_CANDIDATI/PER_NEDETERMINATA/FACULTATEA_DE_MEDICINA/%5BLL%5DMihai_Mara-Madalina%28C2%29.pdf
Research interests: bioactive materials; nanotechnology; targeted therapy; biologic therapy; chronic wounds; wound healing; chronic skin infections; microbial biofilms; skin cancer; melanoma

Name: Dr. Carla Serri
Affiliation: Department of Medicine, Surgery and Pharmacy, University of Sassari, Via Muroni 23/a, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Homepage: https://www.uniss.it/it/ugov/person/144901
Research interests: polymeric nanoparticles; nanomedicine; pharmaceutical technology; lipid nanoparticles; nanoprecipitation; nanoparticles loading poorly soluble drugs; drug delivery

Name: Dr. Mengyang Liu
Affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Homepage: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/m-liu
Research interests: transdermal and dermal delivery; nanoparticulate delivery system; skin barriers; peptide drug delivery

Name: Dr. Djordje Medarevic
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Cosmetology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, 11221 Belgrade, Serbia
Homepage: http://pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/en/about-us/research-associate/6693/dr-sc-%C4%91or%C4%91e-medarevi%C4%87/
Research interests: poorly soluble drugs; solid dispersions; amorphous formulation; nanocrystals; experimental design; 3D printing

Name: Dr. Sandeep Urandur
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5803-077X
Research interests: drug product development; mechanistic modelling; DOE; personalized medicine; infectious diseases and cancer

Name: Dr. Katona Gábor
Affiliation: Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology and Regulatory Affairs, University of Szeged, Eötvös u. 6, H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
Homepage: http://www2.pharm.u-szeged.hu/gytfi/hu/munkatarsak/oktato-kutato/143-dr-katona-gabor
Research interests: nose-to-brain delivery; nanomedicine; albumin nanoparticles; polymeric micelles; freeze-drying

Name: Dr. Dake Hao
Affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Homepage: https://bmegg.ucdavis.edu/people/dake-hao
Research interests: disease mechanisms and the interplays between cells and the extracellular environment; cutting-edge tissue engineering tools/technologies and next-generation medical products for regenerative medicine and clinical therapies

Name: Dr. Wufa Fan
Affiliation: Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050, China
Homepage: https://www.imm.ac.cn/kydw/yjyzzkyg/07c6e375d6974c12ac1ebe072eed26b6.htm
Research interests: synthesis and application of biomedical materials; cell transcytosis-based drug delivery; nanomedicine for tumor immunotherapy; biological effects of nanomedicine

Name: Dr. Cosmin Stefan Butnarasu
Affiliation: Institute of Pharmacy, Biopharmaceuticals, Freie Universität, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8620-3391
Research interests: mucosal drug delivery; mucin and mucin-inspired materials; nanotechnology; biological barrier permeability and in vitro models

Name: Dr. Silvestre Manuel Bongiovanni Abel
Affiliation: Research Institute for Materials Science and Technology, INTEMA (UNMdP—CONICET), Mar del Plata, Argentina
Homepage: https://www.conicet.gov.ar/new_scp/detalle.php?id=41788&keywords=Bongiovanni+Abel+Silvestre+Manuel&datos_academicos=yes
Research interests: electrospinning; functional polymeric nanomaterials; nanocomposites; hydrogels; biomedical applications of nanomaterials; antimicrobials properties; tissue engineering

Name: Dr. Luis Ibarra
Affiliation: Institute of Environmental Biotechnology and Health (INBIAS), National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) and National University of Río Cuarto (UNRC), Rio Cuarto, Argentina
Homepage: https://bicyt.conicet.gov.ar/fichas/p/en/luis-exequiel-ibarra   
Research interests: nanomedicine; cell therapy; tumor microenvironment; photodynamic therapy; cell targeting

Name: Dr. Yang Liu
Affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
Homepage: https://www5.zzu.edu.cn/yxy/info/1114/4115.htm
Research interests: controlled release preparations; targeted preparations; gene delivery systems; molecular pharmaceutics

Name: Dr. Sindhu Subramanian
Affiliation: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India
Homepage: https://www.amrita.edu/faculty/s-sindhu/
Research interests: waste to energy; drug delivery systems; waste water treatment

Name: Dr. Helin Xu
Affiliation: School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
Homepage: https://yxy.wmu.edu.cn/info/1125/7968.htm
Research interests: biologics for IBDs treatments; specially designing novel delivery system of biologics; bio-adhesive hydrogel; inflammation-targeted platform or smart-release nano/micro-sized delivery systems

Name: Dr. Narsimha Mamidi
Affiliation: Wisconsin Centre for Nano Biosystems, School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
Homepage: https://apps.pharmacy.wisc.edu/sopdir/narsimha_mamidi/index.php
Research interests: nano-biomaterials; drug/gene delivery; cancer immunotherapy; tissue engineering

Name: Dr. Rahamatullah Shaikh
Affiliation: Centre for Pharmaceutical Engineering Science, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, West Yorkshire, UK
Homepage: https://www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/rshaikh2/
Research interests: drug formulation development; drug delivery; continuous pharmaceutical manufacturing; particle engineering; industrial crystallization; pharmaceutical analysis

Name: Dr. Elena Maria Tosca
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e dell'Informazione, Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Homepage: http://lab-bioinfo.unipv.it/index.php/it/people
Research interests: PK/PD modeling; model-based translational oncology; application of ML/AI to pharmacometrics; model-based precision dosing Bayesian estimation

Name: Dr. Laura Di Muzio
Affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Rome, Italy
Homepage: https://research.uniroma1.it/researcher/93e6916c72dc28eff4549e69a8f8d1327da123a117c115d5a91c2fd2
Research interests: polymer-based biomaterial synthesis; polymer-based systems; hybrid lipid/polymer nanocomposites; 3D bioprinting

Name: Dr. Sobia Noreen
Affiliation: Clinical Trial Office, University of Illinois Cancer Center (UIC), Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Homepage 1: https://www.uic.edu/apps/departments-az/search?dispatch=roster&style=uic&orgid=99412
Homepage 2: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4407-6002
Research interests: drug delivery & nanomedicine; polymeric materials; cancer therapy; biomaterials; mucoadhesion; thiolation; clinical trials; inflammatory diseases; clinical translation; regulatory affairs

Name: Dr. Zhengwei Huang
Affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
Homepage: https://yx.jnu.edu.cn/2025/0304/c37237a831019/page.htm
Research interests: inhalable nanomedicines; drug delivery; ferroptosis; biological fate

Name: Dr. Gzona Bajraktari-Sylejmani
Affiliation: Internal Medicine IX—Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Medical Clinic Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
Homepage: https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/personen/dr-rer-nat-gzona-bajraktari-sylejmani-3457
Research interests: drug-drug interactions; drug transporters; platelets; PDE5 inhibitors; endothelial dysfunction; cellular pharmacokinetics; liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Name: Dr. Ravi Maharjan
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4862-1933
Research interests: mRNA vaccines; lyophilization; vaccine stability; continuous manufacturing

Name: Dr. Soraia Filipa Tavares Pinto
Affiliation: Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S), University of Porto, 4200-180 Porto, Portugal
Homepage: https://www.i3s.up.pt/personal-info.php?id=2655&idg=109
Research interests: nanotechnology; drug delivery systems; oral delivery; diabetes mellitus; bladder cancer; intestinal target; FcRn-mediated transcytosis

Name: Dr. Marco Uboldi
Affiliation: 1. Pharmaceutical Technology & Regulatory Affairs “M.E. Sangalli” Unit, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, DISFARM Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; 2. PhormulaMI Lab—Formulation and Technology Frontiers in Pharmaceutics, Milan, Italy
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0179-2233
Research interests: pharmaceutical technology; solid dosage forms; administration through the gastrointestinal tract; retentive drug delivery systems; hot melt extrusion; injection molding; 3D and 4D printing in pharmaceutics

Name: Dr. Marcelo Gomes Davanço
Affiliation: Medical and Clinical Affairs Department, Knight Therapeutics, São Paulo 04085-001, Brazil
Homepage: https://bv.fapesp.br/pt/pesquisador/77293/marcelo-gomes-davanco/
Research interests: bioequivalence; pharmacokinetics; bioavailability; drug product development; IVIVC; biopharmaceutics; PBBM; biowaiver

Name: Dr. Cristina Casadidio
Affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Drug Delivery Division, University of Camerino, CHIP Research Center, Via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, MC, Italy
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3925-7087
Research interests: biomaterials; polymer synthesis; hydrogels; nanoparticles; gene and drug delivery; therapeutics stability

Name: Dr. Wei Zhang
Affiliation: Department of General Surgery & Institute of Precision Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Tumors, Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3688-4381
Research interests: the development and application of anti-tumor natural products; drug resistance mechanisms in gastrointestinal tumors; innovative drug delivery systems

Name: Dr. Shuangqing Wang
Affiliation: Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0270-1305
Research interests: drug delivery

Name: Dr. Yu’e Liu
Affiliation: Boston Children’s Hospital, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9516-5017
Research interests: cancer biomarkers; small molecule drug screening; tumor metabolism; cancer immunotherapy; pharmacological mechanisms of anti-cancer agents

Name: Dr. Silvia Pisani
Affiliation: Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia and Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
Homepage: https://www.pharmatechlaw.it/our-team/
Research interests: tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; shape memory scaffolds;  drug delivery systems; nanobiotechnology

Name: Dr. Khaled Galal
Affiliation: Walker Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2554-5483
Research interests: biologic formulation; freeze-drying; pulmonary drug delivery; vaccine formulation and development; gene delivery; oral bioavailability enhancement; lipid nanoparticles; polyelectrolyte micelles; small-angle X-ray scattering

Name: Dr. Xing-Jie Dai
Affiliation: Institute of Drug Discovery and Development, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, 100 Kexue Avenue, Henan 450052, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7531-044X
Research interests: epigenetic-targeted anticancer drug discovery, including inhibitors, degraders, and dual-target agents

Name: Dr. Xiong Guo
Affiliation: Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
Homepage: https://ogrs.syphu.edu.cn/info/1313/12178.htm
Research interests: development of functional biomaterials and their applications in tissue engineering and drug delivery

Name: Dr. Giulia Anderluzzi
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
Homepage: https://ddrug.unimi.it/profilo/giulia-anderluzzi-phd/
Research interests: formulation; nanotechnology; gene delivery; targeted drug delivery

Name: Dr. Amelia Ultimo
Affiliation: Príncipe Felipe Research Center Foundation (CIPF), Valencia, Spain
Homepage: https://www.nanofacts.net/amelia-ultimo/
Research interests: drug delivery systems; mesoporous silica nanoparticles; extracellular vesicles; nanoparticles; nanomedicine; cancer therapy

Name: Dr. Adrián Matencio Durán
Affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular-A, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia–Regional Campus of International Excellence “Campus Mare Nostrum”, E-30100 Murcia, Spain
Homepage: https://portalinvestigacion.um.es/investigadores/377993/detalle 
Research interests: food biotechnology; molecular encapsulation; cyclodextrin; cyclodextrin-based materials; polymers; bioactive compounds; drug delivery; enzymology; molecular docking

Name: Dr. Ilaria Andreana
Affiliation: Department of Drug Science and Technology, University of Turin, 10125 Turin, Italy
Homepage: https://www.dstf.unito.it/do/docenti.pl/Alias?ilaria.andreana#tab-profilo
Research interests: drug delivery systems; biocompatible nanocarriers; active targeting; liposomes; polymer nanoparticles

Name: Dr. Héctor Iván Meléndez Ortiz
Affiliation: Secretaría de Ciencia, Humanidades, Tecnología e Innovación-Centro de Investigación en Química Aplicada, Blvd. Enrique Reyna Hermosillo 140, Saltillo 25294, Coahuila, Mexico
Homepage: https://www.ciqa.mx/HectorMelendez.aspx
Research interests: nanodevices; nanoparticles; hydrogels; drug delivery; anticancer agents delivery; antibiotic delivery

Name: Dr. Andrea Patrizia Falanga
Email: andreapatrizia.falanga@unina.it
Affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via D. Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy
Homepage: https://www.docenti.unina.it/#!/professor/414e445245412050415452495a494146414c414e4741464c4e4e52503837413534463230354f/riferimenti
Research interests: peptide nucleic acid; G-quadruplex; delivery; solid-phase synthesis; small molecule-DNA interactions

Name: Dr. Mershen Govender
Affiliation: Wits Advanced Drug Delivery Platform Research Unit, Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, 7 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
Homepage: https://www.wits.ac.za/people/academic-a-z-listing/g/mershengovenderwitsacza/
Research interests: controlled release systems; mucosal delivery; transdermal delivery; microneedles; nanotechnology; pharmaceutical microbiology; infectious diseases; oncology; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; biomaterials; 3D bioprinting

Name: Dr. Xin Jin
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics, The Affiliated Suqian First People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suqian 223800, China
Homepage: http://202.195.181.96/gmis5/dsfc/dsfcgrxx/CBB67AE4D295088D1A1B56627A3207D9
Research interests: nanomedicine; cancer treatment; cancer immunotherapy; cuproptosis; targeted therapy; drug delivery; nanotechnology; wound healing; diabetic ulcer treatment

Name: Dr. Dong Mei
Affiliation: Clinical Research Center, Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children’s Health, Beijing 100045, China
Homepage: https://yjsh.ccmu.edu.cn/dsdw/dsjj/ssyjsds/sdykdxfsbjetyy1/ylx21/2025_1945100758438723585_1.htm
Research interests: pediatric clinical pharmacology; novel drug formulations; oral absorption mechanisms; clinical translation of new drug delivery systems

Name: Dr. Sangeun Lee
Affiliation: Helmholtz Institute of Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)—Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Campus E 8.1, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
Homepage: https://www.uni-saarland.de/en/chair/lee.html
Research interests: stimuli-responsive polymers; polymeric nanoparticles; dynamers; single-chain nanoparticles

Name: Dr. Jiuhong Zhao
Affiliation: Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
Homepage:  https://www.aminer.cn/profile/jiuhong-zhao/6505c9c7ea10f8257b38d862?source=www.chemnav.net    
Research interests: nanozymes; DNAzyme; microneedles; biosensing; MOF

Name: Dr. Rute Nunes
Affiliation: 1. IUCS—Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde, CESPU, Avenida Central de Gandra, 1317, 4585-116 Gandra, Portugal
2. UNIPRO—Unidade de Investigação em Patologia e Reabilitação Oral, Instituto Universitário de Ciências da Saúde (IUCS-CESPU), 4585-116 Gandra, Portugal
3. i3S—Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
Homepage: https://www.i3s.up.pt/personal-info.php?id=599&idg=109
Research interests: drug delivery; inflammatory bowel disease; mucosal drug delivery; mucus penetrating nanoparticles; nanomedicine; smart nanosystems

Name: Dr. Mauricio A. García
Affiliation: Departamento de Farmacia, Escuela de Química y Farmacia, Facultad de Química y de Farmacia, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile
Homepage: https://quimica.uc.cl/investigacion/academicos/mauricio-garcia-a/
Research interests: biopharmaceutics; drug absorption; modeling; oral dosage forms; pulmonary dosage forms; physical pharmacy

Name: Dr. Lan Wu 
Affiliation: Wuya College of Innovation, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
Homepage: https://wuya.syphu.edu.cn/info/1022/1788.htm
Research interests: pulmonary administered particulate systems; biomacromolecules (nucleic acids, proteins, and peptides); nano-vaccines

Name: Dr. Tianyao Wang
Affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9349-8930
Research interests: radiopharmaceuticals; molecular imaging; PET imaging; nanomedicine; targeted therapy; cancer diagnosis; translational medicine

Name: Dr. Lisha Liu
Affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 210009, China
Homepage: https://yxy.cpu.edu.cn/a8/b0/c11945a174256/page.htm
Research interests: drug delivery; cancer immunotherapy; cardiovascular disease; pharmaceutical science

Name: Dr. Elide Zingale
Affiliation: Department of Drug and Health Sciences, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0035-9457
Research interests: ocular drug delivery; lipid nanoparticles; self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems; natural compounds, microfluidics

Name: Dr. Shiping Lu
Affiliation: Institute of Translational Medicine, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China
Homepage: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0382-5669
Research interests: vaccine delivery; adjuvant; mucosal immunity

Name: Dr. Emma Dosmar
Affiliation: Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN 47803, USA
Homepage: https://www.rose-hulman.edu/academics/faculty/dosmar-emily-dosmare.html
Research interests: biomaterials; drug delivery; ocular drug delivery