Dr. Fatma Farag joined the School of Pharmacy in University College Cork, Ireland as a research assistant in November 2006. In 2013, she awarded her PhD in Pharmaceutical science from School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Ireland. Since then she has been working as researcher and lecturer in Ireland and Egypt. Since her return to Ireland in June 2016, Dr Farag has been a member of Synthesis and Solid State Pharmaceutical Research Centre, SSPC. She participated in collaborative projects between industry and SSPC representing UCC partner. She is also working as a part-time lecturer in Pharmaceutics department, School of Pharmacy, UCC. She has experience in designing and performing multidisciplinary research projects within the field of pharmaceutical formulation science and manufacturing. The focus of her research is the enhancement of formulation stability by studying and investigating excipient variability in pharmaceutical dosage forms.Dr. Farag graduated with a degree in Pharmacy from Asyut University, Egypt in 1997. In 2004, she completed a master degree from Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Egypt, where she worked for a few years as a Lecturer after obtaining her PhD from UCC, Ireland.