Academic
Dr Christine Dufès is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Nanomedicine and Director of the Postgraduate School at the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS). She teaches on the Master of Pharmacy and on various MSc postgraduate degrees.
Background: Christine holds a Doctorate in Pharmacy and a PhD with a European Label, both earned with Distinction and congratulations from the Jury (University of Poitiers, France). After four years as a post-doctoral researcher at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Laboratories in Glasgow, she was appointed as a Lecturer in SIPBS. Research focus: The research of her laboratory focuses on the following pioneering research areas: 1. Tumour-Targeted Therapeutics for Cancer Therapy: novel designs of tumour-targeted, drug- and gene-based nanomedicines for advanced cancer therapy. 2. Brain-Targeted Nanomedicines: design and development of nanomedicines able to reach the brain after intravenous administration, with the ultimate goal of advancing drug and gene delivery for brain tumours and neurodegenerative disorders. It resulted in 2 patents, 55 publications, 4 book chapters and attracted 4300+ citations (h-index: 34 (Google scholar)). All her PhD students have successfully submitted their theses within the imparted time and are now further developing their careers in academia or industry. Awards and Recognitions: Christine has been awarded the Bourse d’Excellence Lavoisier (2002), the Award of the 9th Annual Symposium of the United Kingdom and Ireland Controlled Release Society (2003), the Biochemical Journal Young Investigator Award (2009), the Tom Gibson Memorial Award (2012), the Scientist Medal of the International Association of Advanced Materials (2021) and the Outstanding Woman Researcher in Nanomedicine award of the Venus International Foundation (2021) for her research. She also received the “Best Overall” Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Award in 2013 for her teaching, was nominated 10 times since then and was shortlisted in the category “Best in Faculty of Science” in 2015, 2018 and 2022. In 2020, she was the sole nominee from her department for a Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Award by students. Academic Community Engagement: She actively contributes to the academic community, serving as an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Trustee of the British Society of Nanomedicine, the Strathclyde Network Lead for the UK Reproducibility Network. She is Editorial Advisory Board member of Biomaterials Science and member of the Editorial Boards of 6 journals (Journal of Liposome Research, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Journal of Nanotechnology: Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology, Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutics and Scientia Pharmaceutica). Email: C.Dufes@strath.ac.uk |
PhD students
Mrs Khadeejah Maeyouf obtained her B.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Benghazi University (Libya, 2007). During her graduation project, she studied the anti-inflammatory effect of two new synthetic ketoprofen esters, t-butyl and isopropyl esters. She then worked as a cold circle department manager at Alkufra drug warehouse department (Alkufra, Libya) from January 2011 to March 2013, and was Head of the pharmacy and dispensing pharmacist at Alkufra infectious disease control centre from January 2010 to January 2013. Khadeejah then moved to the UK, joined our group as a MSc student and received her MSc in Advanced Drug Delivery (with distinction) from the University of Strathclyde in 2019. She is now a PhD student and works on nanomedicine-based immunotherapies for cancer treatment.
Email: Khadeejah.maeyouf.2018@strath.ac.uk
Email: Khadeejah.maeyouf.2018@strath.ac.uk
Miss Hawraa Jerman obtained her Bachelor of Pharmacy (with Distinction) from the University of Sydney (Australia, 2015). She then worked as a hospital pharmacist in Kuwait from 2016 to 2018. In 2018, she joined Kuwait University as a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Pharmacy. Hawraa then moved to the UK, to complete her MSc at the University of Strathclyde, joined our group for her MSc research project and received her MSc in Advanced Drug Delivery (with distinction) in 2019. She is now a PhD student and works on the development of novel tumour-targeted nanomedicines for brain cancer therapy.
Email: hawraa-f-r-m-ali@strath.ac.uk |
Miss Zainab Al-Quraishi obtained her Bachelor of Pharmacy from Al-Ahliyya Amman University (Jordan, 2019). She then worked as a pharmacy manager in 2021. She moved to the UK to complete her MSc at the University of Strathclyde, joined our group for her MSc research project and received her MSc in Advanced Drug Delivery (with distinction) in 2022. She is now a PhD student and works on the development of novel tumour-targeted nanomedicines for prostate cancer therapy.
Email: zainab.alsiryawi.2021@uni.strath.ac.uk
Miss Zainab Al-Quraishi obtained her Bachelor of Pharmacy from Al-Ahliyya Amman University (Jordan, 2019). She then worked as a pharmacy manager in 2021. She moved to the UK to complete her MSc at the University of Strathclyde, joined our group for her MSc research project and received her MSc in Advanced Drug Delivery (with distinction) in 2022. She is now a PhD student and works on the development of novel tumour-targeted nanomedicines for prostate cancer therapy.
Email: zainab.alsiryawi.2021@uni.strath.ac.uk
Alumni (Postgraduate students)
- Dr Behin Sundara Raj (MPhil, 2008) is now a Lecturer in Pharmaceutics at the Shree Devi College of Pharmacy, Mangalore (India).
- Dr Ju Yen Fu (PhD, 2010) is now a Researcher for the Malaysian Palm Oil Board of the Malaysian Government (Malaysia).
- Dr Hibah Aldawsari (PhD, 2011) is now Professor of Pharmaceutics and Deputy Director of the Centre of Research Excellence for Drug Research and Pharmaceutical Industries at King Abdulaziz University (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).
- Dr Reatul Karim (MRes, 2013) is now a Assistant Professor at East West University, Dhaka (Bangladesh).
- Dr Majed Al Robaian (PhD, 2014) is now an Associate Professor and Dean of the School of Pharmacy, Taif University (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).
- Dr Sukrut Somani (PhD, 2015, PDRA 2015-2019) is now Associate Director CMC Drug Product at BioNTech (Mainz, Germany).
- Mr Stephen Amoah-Nyako (MRes, 2016) is now working as a hospital pharmacist in London
- Ms Paphitchaya Kewcharoenvong (MRes, 2017) is now Associate Project Manager at MedResNet, National Research Council (Mueang Nonthaburi, Nonthaburi, Thailand)
- Dr Najla Altwaijry (PhD, 2018) is now an Assistant Professor and Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).
- Dr Joan Erebor (PhD, 2018) is now a Lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Benin (Nigeria) and Visiting Assistant Professor at the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Toledo, Ohio (USA).
- Dr Intouch Sakpakdeejaroen (PhD, 2019) is now an Assistant Professor at the Department of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Thammasat University, Khlong Luang District (Thailand).
- Dr Partha Laskar (PDRA, 2016-2020) is now an Assistant Professor at Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM) University, Visakhapatnam (India).
- Dr Jamal Almowalad (PhD, 2021) is now a Lecturer at Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).
- Dr Jitkasem Meewan (PhD, 2021) is now a Clinical research associate at PPD, Bangkok (Thailand).
- Dr Musa Albatsh (PhD, 2022) is now a Lecturer at Middle East University, Amman (Jordan).