Academic
Dr Christine Dufès
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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. Christine obtained a Doctorate in Pharmacy (with Distinction and congratulations of the Jury, 1997) and a PhD (with a European Label, Distinction and congratulations of the Jury, 2002) from the 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 in 2006. Her research focuses on the development of targeted drug- and gene-based nanomedicines for cancer therapy and brain delivery. It resulted in 2 patents, 54 peer-reviewed publications, 4 book chapters and attracted 4100+ citations (h-index: 32, Google Scholar). All her PhD students (from diverse backgrounds) submitted their theses within the imparted time and are now further developing their careers in either Academia or Industry. 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 at the 7th Venus International Women Awards (2021) for her research. She also received the “Best Overall” Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Award (2013) for her teaching, was nominated 10 times since 2013 and was shortlisted in the category “Best in Faculty of Science” in 2015, 2018 and 2022. She was the only staff member from her department to be nominated for a Strathclyde Teaching Excellence Award by the students in 2020. She is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Trustee of the British Society of Nanomedicine, Strathclyde Network Lead for the UK Reproducibility Network, Senior Editor of Journal of Interdisciplinary Nanomedicine, Editorial Advisory Board member of Biomaterials Science, Review Editor in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology – Nanobiotechnology, and Member of the Editorial Boards of 6 journals (Journal of Liposome Research, Journal of Nanotechnology: Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutics and Scientia Pharmaceutica).
Email: C.Dufes@strath.ac.uk |
PhD students
Mrs Khadeejah Maeyouf
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
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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 Hawraa Jerman
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Miss Zainab Alsiryawi 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 Alsiryawi 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 a Post-doctoral Researcher at the Department of Chemistry, University of Uppsala (Sweden).
- Dr Jamal Almowalad (PhD, 2021) is now a Lecturer at Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia).
- Dr Jitkasem Meewan (PhD, 2021) has just graduated with her PhD.
- Dr Musa Albatsh (PhD, 2022) is now a Lecturer at Middle East University, Amman (Jordan).