Moderator
Title: Multicompartmental biodegradable polymer microneedles for controlled enzyme release
Biography
Rezvan Jamaledin is a Ph.D. student in Industrial Product and Process Engineering at Federico Secondo University. She has received her Master degree from Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran. Her field is a vaccine, drug delivery by the microneedles.
Speakers
Title: Injectable antibacterial hydrogels for potential applications in drug delivery
Biography
Pooyan Makvandi received his PhD in polymer chemistry from University of Mazandaran, Iran, in 2017. Prior to completing PhD, he was a visiting scholar at University of Salento, Italy, for 6 months. Currently, he is working at Institute for Polymers, Composites, and Biomaterials (IPCB), National Research Council (CNR) of Italy. His works focus on biomaterials for tissue regeneration, antimicrobial compounds, dental materials, nanostructures and nanocomposites.
Title: Development of chitosan coated calcium-alginate nanocapsules for oral delivery of liraglutide to diabetic patients
Biography
Dr. Fatemeh Shamekhi has her expertise in encapsulation methods and optimization techniques of coating components for oral drug delivery. She had her specific focus on nanostructures and their characterization methods as well as their behavior through simulated gastrointestinal tract condition (in vitro models). She has extensive experience in the academic field which extends to more than 10 years. She is currently a Lecturer at Azad University. She earned her Ph.D. degree in Nano-biotechnology from Tarbiat Modares University in 2018. Her master degree was in Enzyme Biotechnology from University Putra Malaysia. She published many peer-reviewed papers in Scopus indexed journals with impact factor as well as conference papers.