Dr. Marique Aucamp obtained her B.Pharm (2003), MSc. Pharmaceutics, cum laude (2005) from North-West University.  She started her career as a laboratory manager at the Research Institute for Industrial Pharmacy Inc. CENQAM (North-West University (NWU), Potchefstroom), a pharmaceutical quality control laboratory where she obtained extensive experience relating to the pharmaceutical industry and quality requirements for pharmaceutical products.  During this time she was also enrolled as a full-time PhD student at the Unit for Drug Research and Development, NWU.  After obtaining her PhD (2010), she was successful in obtaining a DST/NRF Post-doctoral Fellowship (2010 – 2012).  She was appointed as a senior lecturer in the Centre of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Sciences, North-West University (2013 – 2015) and was promoted to associate professor (2016 – 2017) at the same institution.  In August 2017, she accepted a Senior Lecturer position at the School of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape (UWC), and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2019.  Marique holds a Y2 rating from the NRF (National Research Foundation). In April 2019, she was awarded a prestigious Royal Society / African Academy of Sciences FLAIR Fellowship.  Her research focuses on the solid-state chemistry of drugs translated to the development of innovative nano- or microparticulate drug delivery systems, addressing key drug delivery and patient treatment challenges.