Current research groups at Pharmaceutical Sciences Laboratory:

Biomaterials and Drug Fabrication
Group leader: Academy Research Fellow Xiaoju Wang

BioNanoMaterials
Group leaders: Professor Jessica Rosenholm and Professor Tapani Viitala

Computer-aided drug design
Group leader: Senior University Lecturer Outi Salo-Ahen

Functional Materials for Medicine
Group leader: Professor Hongbo Zhang

Translational ADME and Pharmacodynamics
Group leader: Senior University Lecturer Anne Filppula

Teaching staff

Jessica Rosenholm, D.Sc.
Professor in Pharmaceutical Development, Head of Subject

Tapani Viitala, PhD
Professor in Novel Drug Formulations (50%, shared with the University of Helsinki)

Hongbo Zhang, PhD
Professor in Functional Biomaterials in Pharmacy

Anne Filppula, PhD
Senior University Lecturer in Pharmacy, Head of Master’s Programme

Ulla-Mari Parkkisenniemi-Kinnunen, D.Sc.(Pharmacy)
Senior University Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Pharmacology

Outi Salo-Ahen, PhD (Pharmacy)
Senior University Lecturer in Pharmacy, Head of Bachelor’s Programme

Mirja Palo, PhD
University Lecturer in Pharmacy

Anne Eriksson, Pharmacist, M.Sc.
University Teacher

Johan Nyman, M.Sc.(Techn.), M.Sc.
University Teacher

Senior researchers:

Heidi Koivisto
Business Champion, Comitell project (Business Finland)

Sergej Filippov
Visiting Professor, University of Reading, UK

Yue Ma
Visiting Professor, Jiangsu University, China

Post-doctoral researchers:

Chang Liu, PhD
Fadak Howaili, PhD
Jixiang Wang, PhD
Kuldeep Bansal, PhD
Mirja Palo, PhD
Neeraj Prabhakar, PhD
Parthiban Marimuthu, PhD
Rajendra Bhadane, PhD
Xiaoju Wang, PhD
Xiaoyu Xu, PhD
Yunru Yu, PhD
Özge Karadas, PhD

Doctoral students:

Alaa Mahran, M.Sc.(Pharm.)
Anna Slita, M.Sc.(Bio)
Atefeh Saadabadi, M.Sc.
Chengcheng Li, M. Sc. (Pharm.)
Dhayakumar Rajan Prakash, M.Sc. (Nano. Med.)
Emel Bakay, M.Sc. (Biomed. Eng.)
Ezgi Özliseli, M.Sc. (BIMA)
Fanny Frejborg, M.Sc.(Drug Discovery & Development)
Govardhanam Narayana Prakirth, M.Sc. (BIMA)
Ida Alanko, M.Sc. (Pharm.Sci.)
​Jiaqi Yan, M. Sc. (Pharm.)
Johan Nyman, M.Sc.(Chem. Eng. & Pharm. Sci.)
Jyoti Verma, M.Pharm.
Kexin Yi, M. Sc. (Pharm.)
Li Wang, M. Sc. (Pharm.)
Longxi Wu, M. Sc. (Pharm.)
Lu Fan, M. Sc.
Meixin Ran, M.Sc. (Pharm. Sci.)
Oliver Koivisto, M.Sc. (Genetics)
​Pengzhen Zhuang, M.Sc. (Mater Sci and Engineer)
Rathna Mathiyalagan, M.Sc.(Chem.)
Rawand Abdulrahman, M.Sc. (Pharm.)
Sara Rosenberg, M.Sc.(Pharm.)
​Wali Inam, M.Sc. (Drug Discovery & Development)
Wenhui Zhou, M.Med.
Wu Yang, M.Med. (Clinical Medicine)
Xiaodong Ma, M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry)
Xiwen Geng, M.Sc. (Pathogen Biology)
Yonghui Wang, M. Sc. (Pharm, Cell Biology)
Yu Chen, M.Med. (Surgery)
Yu Zhang, M.Sc. (Med.)
Yuanyuan Jiang,  M. Sc. (Pharm.)