Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast

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 is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy ay Queen’s University Belfast, where he leads a research group focused on controlled and targeted drug delivery using nanocrystals. Alejandro is a named inventor in 2 patents, has authored >80 peer-reviewed articles, and is the Editor of two textbooks. Dr Paredes has obtained prestigious grants (15 PI grants, >£3.7M) from the EPSRC, the Academy of Medical Sciences, the Royal Society, NI Department for Economy, and Applied Microbiology International. Dr Paredes obtained the Emerging Scientist Award 2024 from the APS and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) and CICOPS (Italy). Alejandro is an active member of various scientific societies, and an editorial board member of Materials Today Bio, AAPS PharmSciTech and Drug Delivery and Translational Research.