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Professor Lidia Tajber

Professor (Pharmacy)
25/6/7 WESTLAND ROW


Lidia is currently employed as an Associate Professor in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. She first gained M. Pharm. degree from Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland (with first class honours, best in class) and then pursued her Ph.D. degree in the School of Pharmacy, Trinity College Dublin (completed in 2005). She holds a postgraduate diploma in quality improvement and completed "Research leaders" training. Lidia has published 76 high quality peer-review papers and contributed to numerous international conference presentations. Her current h-index is 25. She is also a co-inventor on a number of patent applications including "A method of producing porous microparticles" and "A polymeric nanoparticle". In addition to being an active researcher, she contributes to undergraduate (Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology module) and postgraduate (Preformulation, Formulation and Advanced Drug Delivery modules) teaching. She is part of the coordinating team for the MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences course. Lidia's research activities fit with national policy objectives supporting the development and production of a highly educated and relevant workforce in demand by the pharmaceutical industry. She and her team have successfully participated in collaborative, multidisciplinary and industry-led research consortia (IDDN, SSPC, H2020 RISE) leading to high impact research, leveraging international funding and attracting talented people to Ireland. The ultimate objective of her work is to advance the pharmaceutical product design and manufacture to benefit the general public and enhance the quality of health.
  Amorphous Materials   Computer modelling of pharmaceutical systems   Crystal engineering   DENDRIMERS   Drug Delivery Systems   Hydrogen bonding   LIQUID CRYSTALS   Nanotechnology   Pharmaceutical co-crystals   Pharmaceutical salts   Physical Chemistry   POLYMER   Polymers   POLYMORPHISM   Porous particles   Respiratory System   Spectroscopy   SPRAY DRYING   Thermal Analysis
 Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Centre
 TRANS-INT
 Solid State Pharmaceutical Cluster
 Active pharmaceutical ingredients as ionic liquids: significance of protonics and functional profiling for the design of effective medicines
 Irish Drug Delivery Network

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Language Skill Reading Skill Writing Skill Speaking
English Fluent Fluent Fluent
Polish Fluent Fluent Fluent
Russian Basic Basic Medium
Details Date From Date To
International Association for Pharmaceutical Technology (APV) 2017 present
American Chemical Society 2013 present
Controlled Release Society 2008 present
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists 2007 present
McHugh M, Hayes S, Tajber L, Ryan L, Medicine Maker: An Outreach Activity for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Health Literacy., Journal of Chemical Education, 99, (3), 2022, p1231 - 1237, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  TARA - Full Text  DOI
Kramarczyk D, Knapik-Kowalczuk J, Smolka W, Monteiro MF, Tajber L, Paluch M, Inhibition of celecoxib crystallization by mesoporous silica - Molecular dynamics studies leading to the discovery of the stabilization origin., European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 171, 2022, p106132 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Hugo Silva M, Hudson SP, Tajber L, Garin M, Dong W, Khamiakova T, Holm R, Osmolality of Excipients for Parenteral Formulation Measured by Freezing Point Depression and Vapor Pressure - A Comparative Analysis. , Pharmaceutical Research, 2022, Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Zotova J, Twamley B, Tajber L, Impact of the Dicarboxylic Acid Chain Length on Intermolecular Interactions with Lidocaine, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 19, (8), 2022, p2980-2991 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Taylor LS, Braun DE, Tajber L, Steed JW, Crystallizing the Role of Solid-State Form in Drug Delivery, Molecular Pharmaceutics, 19, (8), 2022, p2683-2685 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Beraldo-Araújo VL, Flávia Siqueira Vicente A, van Vliet Lima M, Umerska A, Souto EB, Tajber L, Oliveira-Nascimento L., Levofloxacin in nanostructured lipid carriers: Preformulation and critical process parameters for a highly incorporated formulation., International journal of pharmaceutics, 626, 2022, p122193 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Cañellas FM, Verma V, Kujawski J, Geertman R, Tajber L, Padrela L., Controlling the Polymorphism of Indomethacin with Poloxamer 407 in a Gas Antisolvent Crystallization Process., ACS Omega, 7, (48), 2022, p43945-43957 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED  DOI
Nandi S, Padrela L, Tajber L, Collas A, Nucleation kinetics-based solvent selection for bottom-up generation of nano/micro-suspensions, 13th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 28-31 March, 2022, 2022, Meeting Abstract, PRESENTED
Mendez Canellas F, Verma V, Kujawski J, Tajber L, Geertman R, Padrela L, Polymorphic control of indomethacin using a carbon dioxide antisolvent method, 13th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 28-31 March, 2022, 2022, Meeting Abstract, PRESENTED
Hugo Silva M, Kumar A, Hodnett K, Holm R, Tajber L, Hudson S, Impact of excipients and seeding on solid-state form transformation of indomethacin during liquid antisolvent (LAS) precipitation, 13th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 28-31 March, 2022, 2022, Meeting Abstract, PRESENTED
  

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Tajber L, The curious case of ciprofloxacin: how to deal with "difficult" drugs molecules to improve their biopharmaceutical properties, Farmak's School of young scientists "Science and modern pharmaceutical manufacturing", Kiyv, Ukraine, 21 November, 2019, 2019, Invited Talk, PRESENTED
Umerska A, Tajber L, Polyelectrolyte complexes as nanoparticulate drug delivery systems, European Pharmaceutical Review, 20, (3), 2015, p36-40 , Notes: [Invited review], Journal Article, PUBLISHED

  

Award Date
Elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2020
Researcher Highlight in 2018/19 Trinity College Dublin Provost & President's Annual Review 2019
Trinity College Postgraduate Award 2001
Distinction for the Masters thesis in the Master's Degree Dissertations Competition for Faculties of Pharmacy organised by Polish Pharmaceutical Society and Medical Universities 2001
First prize for the Masters thesis in the Interdepartmental Master's Degree Dissertations Competition 2000
Prize from the Czestochowa branch of the Polish Pharmaceutical Chamber for the grades achieved in university degree 2000
M.A. (jure officii) 2015
My research programme concentrates on the fundamental understanding of molecular interactions governing the properties and performance of pharmaceutical substances (actives and additives) at molecular, supramolecular and formulation (drug product) levels. More specifically, the research topics pursued by my group are: . Advancement of the physicochemical and biopharmaceutical properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) by conversion into ionic liquids (anti-crystal engineering); development of oral solid formulations containing ionic liquids . Synthesis, phase characterisation and behaviour in formulation of alternative forms of APIs such as salts, cocrystals, amorphous materials, polymorphs and liquid crystals; construction of multi-phase diagrams for stability . Rational preformulation studies leading to quality solid-state formulations . Nanocrystal and polymeric nanoparticle formulation and characterisation methods My research efforts have been supported by Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Enterprise Ireland, Irish Research Council as well as the European Union. I am involved in the Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceuticals Centre (https://www.sspc.ie/ ) as a funded investigator. I was awarded a prestigious SFI Career Development Award in 2017 on the development of pharmaceutical ionic liquid forms and also currently serve as Director of Steering Committee in a H2020 RISE network "ORBIS" (Open Research Biopharmaceutical Internships Support (http://orbisproject.eu/ , awarded in 2017). I currently supervise a group of 8 researchers and host visiting ORBIS secondees from the pharmaceutical industry.