Current Group Members
Name: Maria Lapteva, Ph.D
Position: Senior research scientist
Research interests:
- Development of novel strategies to optimize topical skin bioavailability of already marketed and new, low and high molecular weight drugs in order to offer better therapeutic solutions to patients with dermatological conditions.
- Expression, purification, formulation and delivery of proteins using Iontophoresis
Contact details: Maria.Lapteva@unige.ch
Name: Si Gou
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Research interests:
- Development of an ex vivo system to investigate cutaneous delivery and distribution of molecules
Contact details: si.gou@unige.ch
Name: Aditya Ramnath Darade
Position: Doctoral Student
Research interests:
- Topical drug delivery approach for localized and systemic drug delivery of small and large molecules.
Contact details: Aditya.Darade@unige.ch
Name: Jonathan Faro Barros
Position: Doctoral student
Research interests:
- Investigation into the influence of physicochemical properties on the non-invasive delivery of biological macromolecules.
Contact details: Jonathan.Faro@unige.ch
Name: Laeticia Pinto
Position: Doctoral student
Research interests:
- Targeted topical administration of anti-infective agents to the skin, eye and buccal mucosa.
Contact details: Laeticia.pinto@unige.ch
Name: Phedra Firdaws Sahraoui
Position: Doctoral student
Research interests:
- Investigation into the influence of protein structure and properties on passive and electrically-assisted transport across biological barriers.
Contact details: Phedra.sahraoui@unige.ch
Name: Leqi Wang
Position: Doctoral student
Research interests:
- Development of an ex vivo model to predict active and passive transport of drugs across the intestine
Contact details: Leqi.Wang@unige.ch
Name: Benjamin Rossier
Position: Doctoral student (Co-direction with Prof. Eric Allemann)
Research interests:
- Strategies to develop sustained release formulations for topical delivery
Contact details: Benjamin.Rossier@unige.ch
Name: Ivan Panchenko
Position: Doctoral student
Research interests:
- Development of formulation strategies for the sustained delivery of biotechnology-derived therapeutics.
Contact details: Ivan.Panchenko@unige.ch
Name: Erga Syafitri
Position: Doctoral student
Research interests:
- Pharmaceutical formulation and topical cutaneous delivery of agents to improve skin health
Contact details: Erga.Syafitri@unige.ch
Former PhD students and postdoctoral scientists in the group
- Dr. Ingo Alberti
- Dr. Yvonne Arnold
- Dr. Yogeshwar Bachhav
- Dr. Jennyfer Cazares-Delgadillo
- Dr. Yong Chen
- Dr. Sheba David
- Dr. Naoual Dahmana
- Dr. Sergio Del Rio Sancho
- Dr. Sachin Dubey
- Dr. Laura Gisela González Iglesias
- Dr. Taís Gratieri
- Dr. Dhaval Kalaria
- Dr. Somnath Kandekar
- Dr. Uttam Mandal
- Dr. Julie Quartier
- Dr. Verena Santer
- Dr. Nawal Sekkat
- Dr. César E. Serna Jiménez
- Dr. Whitney Shatz
- Dr. Mayank Singhal
- Dr. Kiran Sonaje
- Dr. Neeraj Thakur
- Dr. Vasundhara Tyagi
- Dr. Jing Yu
University of Geneva M Pharm Students
- 2021-22
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- Lynda Bouchentouf
- Gavrielle Cabrera
- Ludovic Gaudin
- Karen Landino
- Céline Mermillod
- Mahsima Mohseni Nazari
- Lina Tlemcani
- Olivier Vernain-Perriot
- Tess Vouillamoz
- 2020-21
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- Fady Riad
- Plinio Scapozza
- Yosr Hassayoun
- 2019-20
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- Sarra Blidi
- Adrien Jaccard
- Théo Jaccard
- Ameur Skhiri
- 2018-19
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- Siwar Messaoudi
- Corinna Schlosser
- 2016-17
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- Kenza Abouir
- Nattygane Jeannin
- Déborah Minzaghi
- Phedra Sahraoui
- Sherihan Sahraoui
- 2015-16
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- Eleonora Bonesi
- Joel Brunner
- Jeanne Cresson
- Lara Mortier
- Amine Niederer
- Juliette Walrawens
- 2014-15
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- Mona Alborzi
- Lilia Meddeb
- Manal Nafie
- Virginie Vallet
- 2013-14
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- Julie Quartier
- Diane Weidmann
- 2012-13
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- Rémi Lefaix
- Anouk Widmer
- 2011-12
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- Leila Benjelloun
- Joséphine Kizaza
- Carole Steiner
- 2010-11
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- Reem Al Shorbagui
- Rhita Zarhloule
- 2009-10
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- Marsha Antypas
- 2008-09
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- Christel Brüggmann
- Maria Lapteva
- 2007-08
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- Caroline Guenat
- Muriel Schütz
- 2006-07
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- Alexandre Romand
- 2005-06
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- Inès Ben Aziza
- 2003-04
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- Mireille Maouad
- Biche-Hue Doung
- 2002-03
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- Thi Hai Duyen Bui
Visiting scholars
- 2022 Martina Ghezzi (PhD student) Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Italy.
- 2021-22 Alexandre Carreira da Cruz Sousa (2021-22). (PhD student) Laboratory of Polymers and Materials Innovation (LabPIM) - Federal University of Ceara, Brazil. Recipient of a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship
- 2021 Adrián M. Alambiaga Caravaca (2021). (PhD student) Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain.
- 2020-21 Gajraj Rathore. (Master in Pharmaceutical Sciences), ETHZ, Switzerland.
- 2019 Maryam Dabbaghi (PhD student) Translational Research Center, Diamantina Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland.
- 2018-19 Fernando Sà (PhD student) Laboratory of Food, Drug and Cosmetics, University of Brasilia, Brazil. Recipient of a CAPES scholarship from the Brazilian Government
- 2018 Dr. Marwa Sallam (Lecturer (Pharmaceutical Technology), Department of Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt)
- 2018 Deborah Sapone (Chemical Engineering, National Polytechnic Institute of Chemical Engineering and Technology (INP-ENSIACET), Toulouse, France)
- 2018 Dr. Maria Sebastián Morelló (Department of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain)
- 2018 Xenia Van den Berghe (Pharmaceutical Sciences, Unievrsity of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium)
- 2018 Ninon Capony (lnstitut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France)
- 2017-18 Andre Luis Daneluti (University of São Paulo, Brazil)
- 2017 Breno Noronha Matos (Laboratory of Food, Drug and Cosmetics, University of Brasilia, Brazil)
- 2016 Laura Gisela González Iglesias (Division de Estudios de Posgrado, Tecnologia Farmacéutica), FES-Cuautitlán, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico)
- 2015-16 David Alvarez Martinez (Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva)
- 2015 Kinga Patecka (Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Geneva)
- 2015 Aloia Gomez Gratacos (lnstitut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France)
- 2014-15 Maria Sebastián Morelló (Departament of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain)
- 2014 Laura Delagrange ( lnstitut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France)
- 2013-14 Elena Tratta (ERASMUS Scholar, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Italy)
- 2013 Tiphaine Zahui (lnstitut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France)
- 2013 Aya Atassi (Research assistant, MAS Toxicology student, University of Geneva)
- 2012-14 Mayank Singhal (Research assistant, recipient of a scholarship from the Swiss Federal Commission for Scholarships for Foreign Students)
- 2012-13 Verena Santer (ERASMUS Scholar, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Parma, Italy)
- 2012-13 Vilma Armoskaite (SCIEX Fellow, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences - Medicine Academy, Kaunus, Lithuania)
- 2012 Sounia Djemil (lnstitut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France)
- 2012 Margaux Mignot (lnstitut des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France)
- 2011 Clara Luisa Dominguez (Division de Estudios de Posgrado (Tecnologia Farmacéutica), FES-Cuautitlán, UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico)
- 2011 Pratikkumar Patel (Departament of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India)
- 2011 Sergio del Rio Sancho (Departament of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain)
- 2011 César Serna Jiménez (Departament of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, Valencia, Spain)
- 2011 Jean-Martin Denis (Institute of Life Technologies, HES-SO Valais, Switzerland )
- 2010-11 Ester Pujol (Department of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)
- 2009 Fabienne Viricell (Department of Biochemistry, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France)
- 2009 Lea Brühwiler (Pharmaceutical Sciences student, ETHZ, Switzerland)
- 2009 Fabienne Viricel (Biochemistry student, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France)
- 2008 Mousumi Rahman (Pharmacy student, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France)
- 2008 Marion Pastor (Pharmacy / Chemistry student, l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier, France)
- 2006 Fabio Marra (PhD student, University of Parma, Italy)
- 2005 Sumit Kumar (MSc student, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India)