Marcos Luciano BruschiMarcos Luciano Bruschi, Ph.D., is Professor of Pharmaceutics andPharmaceutical Technology in the Department of Pharmacy at the StateUniversity of Maringá (UEM), Paraná, Brazil. He gained a BSc in Pharmacy(1996 - UEM, Brazil), a MD in Pharmaceutical Siences (2002 - State Universityof São Paulo - UNESP - Brazil) and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2006 -University of São Paulo - USP - Brazil and School of Pharmacy, Queen'sUniversity of Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK). In 2013-2014, he is accomplishinga Post-Doctoral Degree in Pharmaceutics in the School of Pharmacy, Queen'sUniversity of Belfast (QUB - Northern Ireland, UK). He is registered with theBrazilian Pharmaceutical Society and, in 1998, took up a lectureship inPharmaceutics in the School of Pharmacy, UEM, Brazil. In 1999, he wasappointed as a senior lectureship and to a personal Chair in Pharmaceutics andPharmaceutical Technology in 2006. His research concerns the developmentand characterization of pharmaceutical dosage forms and drug deliverysystems, using natural or synthetic sources. Dr. Bruschi's work has involved thedevelopment of novel drug delivery systems, with particular emphasis onmicro/nanoparticles, semisolids, bio/mucoadhesives, thermoresponsive systems, liquid crystaline phases, and natural products. He is the author of three Brazilianpatent requests and over 150 research papers/communications. Read More Read Less