Biography

Romana Zelko has her expertise in formulation and stability tracking of polymer-based drug delivery systems including various micro- and nanofibrous systems. Her research work focuses on different synthetic and natural polymeric delivery systems, physical ageing of polymers, microstructural characterization of dosage forms associated with their functionality-related characteristics. She is the author of 190 journal full papers and 5 patents and expert works. From 1991 she is employed by the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Semmelweis University. She advanced her studies in the pharmaceutical technology at the Ghent University, Belgium. She has been successfully passing the achievements of her scientific research work on to her students at various Ph.D. studies. She has held a variety of functions. She has served as a Vice-Dean (2003-2009) and from 2013 as the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the Semmelweis University.

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Research Interest

Polymer excipients, physical ageing of biomaterials, physical stability of dosage forms, quality assurance, quality aspects of dosage forms, design of drug delivery systems; Microstructural changes of polymeric excipients in relation to the physical stability of dosage forms.