Julia Berends
University of Groningen
Julia Berends is a PhD student at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences (2016), a bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy (2018), and a master’s degree in Pharmacy (2021) from the University of Groningen. In November 2021 she started her PhD research under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Erik Frijlink, Dr. Floris Grasmeijer, and Paul Hagedoorn. Her research focuses on high-dose, carrier-free, dry powder formulations for inhalation, particularly on particle properties affecting the performance of dry powder formulations. Besides research, she gets energy from talking to people about their research and careers. She wants to encourage other young researchers to do so as well. That is the reason why in 2023 she joined the New Researcher Network committee.
Cord Kühnl
Kiel University
Cord is a pharmacist by training and is currently a first-year PhD Student at Kiel University where he focuses on the different properties of excipients in dry nasal formulations to understand their effects on bioavailability better.
During his time as a PhD Student he is, besides his research, involved in the theoretical and practical training of students.
Lucy Goodacre
King's College London
Lucy is a first-year PhD student at King’s College London, focussing on the development of mucus simulants to optimise nasal drug delivery. Lucy achieved an MPharm at University College London, including a visiting scholarship to University of North Carolina, where she worked in the Department of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics.
Lucy has now been appointed a new committee member for the New Researcher Network from this year going forward.
Snezana Radivojev
G.ST Antivirals GmbH.
Snezana Radivojev finished her PhD in the field of Inhalation Biopharmaceutics, focused on the establishment of in vitro-in silico correlations through the development of new and/or improved of current in vitro and in silico methodologies. The project was done in a collaboration between Medical University of Graz, Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH and two industrial partners. She holds the BSc degree in Chemistry (University of Novi Sad) and Dipl. -Ing degree in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Engineering from Graz University of Technology. Following graduation, she continued her career as a Head of Pharmaceutical Development at G.ST Antivirals GmbH. She is passionate about supporting early career researchers to follow their ideas, be open to networking and research collaborations.
Marie Hellfritzsch
Sandoz Development Centre
Marie is currently a scientist at Sandoz in the development of inhalation products. She is a pharmacist by training. After finishing her studies, she completed her diploma with a topic on medication of COPD patients in collaboration between the FSU Jena and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus in Dresden. In 2021, she finished her PhD in the field of respiratory immunisation at Kiel University at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. During her studies and PhD, Marie had the opportunity to collaborate with different people, e.g., with Ben Forbes’s group at Kings College London (thanks to the DDL Early Career Development Grant), Camilla Foged’s group at University of Copenhagen (thanks to the Nordic POP Mobility Grant) and Daniela Traini’s and Paul Young’s group at Woolcock Institute of Medical Research in Sydney. In 2019, she co-founded the DDL New Researcher Network with Snezana Radivojev and Magda Swedrowska to develop a broad community of early career scientists to help facilitate discussions surrounding research ideas/challenges, exchanges, joint projects and personal and professional development. Marie’s passions include not only science, but also the people behind science and the development of early career researchers.
