Alejandro Sosnik
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Israel
Biography
Alejandro Sosnik is Associate Professor of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology since early 2014 where he founded the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Nanomaterials Science. His current research lines comprise drug self-assembly and crystallization phenomena and processing, polymer and macromolecular chemistry, biomaterials science, colloidal chemistry (drug and polymer self-assembly), mucoadhesive drug delivery systems, nanomedicine (drug encapsulation, release and targeting), therapy of poverty-related diseases (HIV, tuberculosis), pediatric cancer, intestinal diseases and pharmacokinetics (oral, inhalatory and intranasal administration routes) in both preclinical and clinical trials. Prof. Sosnik is co-author of over 110 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, editorials and book chapters in areas of pharmaceutical research and development and innovation, and co-inventor in three patents and patent applications related to biomedical and pharmaceutical innovation.
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