Sasha Nicolic, PhD Reig Jofre Laboratories

Saša Nikolić is director of the Center of Excellence in Freeze Drying at Laboratorio Reig Jofre (Barcelona, Spain). He is a licensed pharmacist (University of Perugia, Italy) and he holds an MSc (Univesrity of Barcelona, Spain) and a PhD (University of Siena – University of Berlin), both in pharmaceutical technology.

During his academic career, prior to joining Reig Jofre, he developed research activities in the field of application of nanotechnologies in the dermal and ophthalmic drug delivery. During his post-doctoral studies at the University of Barcelona, he focused on freeze-drying as means of stabilization of nanosuspensions.

In his current role, he focuses on freeze-drying and aseptic process development, as well as the implementation of Quality by Design and continuous process verification strategy development and improvement. Dr Nikolić is also appointed as a lecturer for the post-graduate students at the University of Barcelona. He is author of various peer-reviewed papers and book chapters.