Seminar title: “Formulation of biological drugs using nanotechnology”
Wednesday, November 4, 2020, from 3:30 – 4:30 via WebEx
https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/join/boc07001
Dr. Alonso is Full professor of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
María José Alonso’s lab has pioneered numerous discoveries in the field of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology and nanomedicine. She has coordinated several research consortia financed by the WHO, the Gates Foundation and the European Commission. She is the author of 290 scientific contributions with more than 29,400 cites (H factor 90) and the inventor of 22 patent families. Because of the quality of her scientific articles she has been among the TOP TEN in Pharmacology (Times Higher Education international ranking, 2010). Recently, she become part of the “Power List” of the most influential researchers in the field of Biopharmaceuticals (The Medicine Maker, 2020).
She has served to the Release Society (CRS) for 15 years and she is currently Past President of the Controlled Release Society (CRS). She is also Editor-in-Chief of the Drug Delivery and Translational Research, an official journal of the CRS, and she is part of the editorial board of 11 journals.
She has received 33 awards, among them the ”Research and Education Excellence Medal” granted by the Spanish Government, the “Jaime I Award”, the General Council of Pharmacy Medal, and other awards granted by scientific organizations, such as the ”Marie Junot Award” of the APGI, the “Founders Award”, the “Outstanding Service Award” and the “Women in Sciences Award” of the CRS. She was also recently awarded by the AIM-HI Women’s Venture Competition program born out of the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR).
She is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) and a Fellow of the Controlled Release Society, a member of the Royal Academy of Pharmacy of Spain, the Royal Academy of Sciences of Galicia, the Royal Academy of Pharmacy in Galicia and a member of the US National Academy of Medicine (NAM).
She was the Vice-rector of Research and Innovation of the USC (2006-10).
For more information, contact: Dr. Diane Burgess at 860-486-3760