Meet the editors

Professor Lăcrămioara Popa received her Ph.D. in Pharmacy in 2000. She is head of the Physical and Colloidal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMFCD), Bucharest, Romania, and president of the Ethics and Quality Assurance Commission at the same faculty. She is a member of the Council of Doctoral Studies of UMFCD and a Ph.D. supervisor (Habilitation

thesis, 2014). Professor Lăcrămioara graduated with several courses in Intellectual Property (WIPO Academy, Geneva) and was an expert evaluator at the Executive Unit for Financing of Higher Education, Romania. She has more than 28 years of experience in quality by design; analytical quality by design in the development, analysis, and optimization of pharmaceuticals; characterization of raw materials surface and pharmaceutical systems; and polymeric materials with biomedical applications.

Professor Mihaela Violeta Ghica received her Ph.D. in Pharmacy in 2008. She is a professor in the Physical and Colloidal Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMFCD), Bucharest, Romania. She holds a master's degree in Physical Chemistry and Applied Radiochemistry from the University of Bucharest. She is a Ph.D. supervisor (Habilitation thesis, 2019). She has

more than 20 years of experience in modern methods of experimental statistical design in the development of drug delivery systems and technological processes optimization; biomaterials for tissue regeneration; obtaining, physico-chemical, biopharmaceutical, structural, and morphological characterization; and physical pharmacy of dermatocosmetics. She was a project director and partner responsible for several national and international projects

Professor Cristina Elena Dinu-Pîrvu received her Ph.D. in Pharmacy in 2004. She is a professor in the Department of Physical and Colloidal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy (UMFCD), Bucharest, Romania. She holds a master's degree from the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Bucharest, Romania. She is a Ph.D. supervisor (Habilitation

thesis, 2015), and director of the Research, Development and Innovation Department at UMFCD. She has more than 28 years of experience in the development of bio-/nanostructures for diagnosis and therapy; smart, efficient, safe biocompatible materials; and valorization of the biopharmacological potential of medicinal/ aromatic plants from spontaneous flora. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Polytechnic University, Bucharest, Romania.
