Dr. Sonja Vucen graduated with a MPharm degree from the University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2005. After working in the community pharmacy and at the University of Banja Luka as a teaching assistant for a number of years, she moved to Ireland in 2011 and joined Dr. Anne Moore’s and Dr. Abina Crean’s research group at UCC as a research assistant, focusing primarily on the development and optimization the dissolvable microneedle platform technology for transdermal and topical drug delivery. In 2013, she completed a PhD in Pharmaceutical science and technology at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Upon completion of her PhD, Dr. Vucen continued working as a post-doctoral researcher with the same research group at UCC. In 2014 Dr. Vucen was appointed as a lecturer in the School of Pharmacy at UCC. She is involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the area of pharmaceutical science and technology.

Dr Vucen’s general research interests involve the development of micro and nanoparticles for targeted and controlled drug delivery, the formulation and characterization of novel drug delivery systems for topical and transdermal application and the development and optimization of novel processes to produce a dissolvable microneedle drug delivery systems.

Undergraduate MPharm degree programme: PF2010: Professional Pharmacy Core Skills PF3009 Gastrointestinal, Hepatic and Endocrine Systems PF3010 Cardiovascular, Renal and Eye Systems PF3012 Respiratory, Musculoskeletal and Dermatology Systems PF3014 Regulatory Science PF3015 Pharmacokinetics, from Basic principles to Clinical Applications PF4004 Pharmacy Project Postgraduate Diploma/Master in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality: SystemsPF6206 Pharmaceutical statistics and Process ControlPF6210 Dissertation in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Systems Postgraduate Master in Biotechnology/Analyses of Pharmaceutical Compounds/Analytical Chemistry/Environmental Analytical Chemistry: PF6301 Biopharmaceuticals: Formulation Design, Secondary Processing and Regulatory compliance Postgraduate Certificate in BioPharma Processing: PF6605 Introduction to Microbiology and Sterile (Bio) Pharmaceutical Processes PF6609 GxP - Introduction to Regulatory and Best Practice Standards in the (Bio) Pharmaceutical Industry