Alejandro J. Paredes

Dr Alejandro J. Paredes is a Pharmacist by training (2011) and holds a PhD (2016), both degrees from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. Dr Paredes made pre- and post-doctoral visits to laboratories in Cuba, Uruguay, Spain, and Ialy, and worked as a Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB, UK). In January 2021, Dr Paredes took up a Lectureship (Assistant Professor) at QUB and was promoted to Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in April 2023. At QUB, he leads a group focused on controlled and targeted drug delivery using nanocrystals. He obtained a PGCHET in 2022 and teaches Pharmaceutical Sciences in multiple modules for the BSc, MPharm, and MSc programs at QUB. Alejandro is a named inventor in two patents and has authored >140 publications, including 54 research papers, 10 review articles, 2 book chapters, 2 textbooks, and >70 conference presentations. Dr Paredes has obtained >£3.4M of funding for his research, with prestigious grants as PI from EPSRC, the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Royal Society, and Applied Microbiology International. Dr Paredes obtained the Emerging Scientist Award 2024 from the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences (APS, UK) and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) and CICOPS (Italy). Alejandro is an active member of the APS, Controlled Release Society, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, Applied Microbiology International, and British Society for Nanomedicine. Moreover, he is a member of the Early Career Editorial Board of Materials Today Bio, the Advisory Board of AAPS PharmSciTech and an Associate Editor of Drug Delivery and Translational Research.