Prof. Dr. Krassimira Yoncheva

Prof. Dr. Krassimira Yoncheva graduated from the Medical University of Sofia in 1993. In the same year, she was promoted to Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics. In 2011, she became an Associate Professor and has been a Full Professor since 2016. She defended her PhD in Pharmaceutics in 2001 and her Doctor of Science degree in 2021. From 2001 to 2002, she carried out a specialization focused on polymeric nanoparticles for ocular drug delivery at the University of Antwerp (Belgium). In 2002–2004, she completed a specialization in the field of bioadhesive polymeric nanoparticles for oral drug delivery at the University of Navarra (Spain). She is the Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmaceutics and Vice Dean of Science and Research. She was invited as a lecturer for the University of Navarra (Spain) and the University of Siena (Italy). Her research area is related to the development and biopharmaceutical characterization of polymeric micro- and nanoparticulate drug delivery systems, surface modification of micro- and nanoparticles by pegylation, coating of nanoparticles with bioadhesive polymers, development and characterization of polymeric micelles, drug stability, etc. Prof. Yoncheva has been appointed as a reviewer of scientific papers in various journals published by Еlsevier, Taylor & Francis, etc. She is a member of the Editorial Board of Pharmaceutics of MDPI.