Université de Lille
College of Pharmacy
3, rue du Professeur Laguesse
59006 Lille, France
Tel: +33-3-20.96.49.75florence.siepmann(at)univ-lille.fr
Florence Siepmann studied Pharmacy at the University of Angers, France, and did her Ph.D. at the Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany. Since 2016, she is Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Lille, France.
Prof. Siepmann serves as co-director of the “INSERM research group: Advanced Drug Delivery Systems” (INSERM = French National Institute of Health and Medical Research). The team currently counts about 50 scientists: 9 professors, 6 senior lecturers, 7 technical/administrative staff, and about 20 post-docs/PhD students & 10 master students.
Prof. Siepmann’s research focuses on Controlled Drug Delivery Systems, in particular on the elucidation of the underlying mass transport phenomena and the optimization of the devices. A special focus is placed on biodegradable microparticles and in-situ forming implants.
So far, she published her work in more than 120 articles in international scientific journals and more than 200 oral/poster presentations at scientific meetings. She is inventor of a patent and author of 11 book chapters.
Since 2016, Prof. Florence Siepmann serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology (JDDST). Last year more than 500 research and review articles were published in this international journal, being devoted to Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Technology.