Organizing Committee Member
Anne Grobler
Director:DST/NWU Preclinical Platform
North-West University
South Africa
Biography
Anne Grobler is a South African citizen with a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics (North-West University, South Africa), an M.Sc. in Medical Biochemistry (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and an Honours in Biochemistry (PU for CHE, South Africa). In 2010 she was appointed as associate professor in the Dept. of Pharmaceutics and as coordinator of commercialization for the Faculty of Health Sciences. She has delivered a number of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students and is currently promoter of 7 Ph.D. and study leader of 3 M.Sc. students. Anne was instrumental in the successful bidding and establishment of the national South African Preclinical Drug Development Platform for the Department of Science and Technology at the NWU. In 2013 she was appointed as the director of this platform. She has authored/co-authored 31 peer-reviewed international publications and book chapters and numerous international and national conference proceedings. Her passion for innovation is reflected in the NWU patent portfolio; she is the main inventor/author of 7 patents granted in multiple countries.
Research Area
Her research interests are the design, construction and optimization of delivery and transporter technologies for active pharmaceutical in conjunction with the preclinical and clinical evaluation of such technologies. This interest includes the delivery and transport of bio-agricultural molecules and compounds.