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Ana Rita Ramalho Figueiras

Ana Rita Ramalho Figueiras

Editorial Board Member
University of Coimbra Portugal Member since 2017

Biography

Ana Rita Ramalho Figueiras had obtained her Ph.D degree from the University of Coimbra, and is now Researcher and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy in this institution. Actually, she is scientific member of REQUIMTE/LAQV and collaborator of CICS/UBI. Her research area is cylodextrins and mucoadhesive polymers in drug delivery. During her Ph.D. thesis she acquired experience in drug permeability, cellular viability and cytotoxicity studies, mucoadhesive biomaterials, therapeutic applications of cyclodextrins and computational studies in drug design. She also developed research work during her PhD thesis in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) by co-orientation of Professor Juan Torres-Labandeira and in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Institute of Pharmacy and Chemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria by co-orientation of Professor Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch. Now, her objective is to combine know-how development during her Ph.D thesis and new strategies for successful drug delivery, especially in what concerns the use of block copolymers and micellar systems.

Research Interests

Cylodextrins and mucoadhesive polymers in drug delivery Drug permeability Cellular viability and cytotoxicity studies Mucoadhesive biomaterials

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