Experts

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Dickhoff,Bastiaan

Dr. Bastiaan HJ Dickhoff

Director ITS

Key expertise

Oral solid dose

Bastiaan holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Petroleum and Gas Technology from the Hogeschool van Amsterdam (the Netherlands), a Master of Science (MSc) in Chemical Engineering from Swansea University (U.K.), and a Ph.D., Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands). Before joining DFE Pharma, he held different R&D (Research & Development) positions at GSK and RSSL/Mondelez International.

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Pauline van der Wijst – Janssen, MSc

Product Application Specialist

Key expertise

Inhalation

Pauline holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Natural Sciences (physical chemistry) from the Radboud University, Nijmegen (the Netherlands) with a specialization in Science, Management, and Innovation. She has been working at DFE Pharma over 5 years, where she contributed to application development of excipients based upon fundamental knowledge and powder physics. Currently, she is Product Application Specialist supporting the Inhalation and Continuous Manufacturing categories.

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Dr. Sara Fathollahi

Product Application Specialist

Key expertise

Continuous manufacturing

Sara holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biomedical Engineering from Science and Research University of Tehran (Iran), a Master of Science (MSc) in Biomedical Engineering and a Ph.D., Process Engineering from Graz University of Technology (Austria). She has several years of experience working in different R&D projects at Technical University of Graz and Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering (Graz). Currently she is Product Application Specialist at DFE Pharma.

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Ross Blezard

Ross Blezard

Product Application Specialist

Key expertise

Biopharma

Ross is a physicist by education and is the DFE Pharma Product application specialist for BioPharma. Ross brings significant experience in formulation development and material characterization, gained through his previous roles as Head of formulation development for a UK based CDMO and Senior Scientist (Physical sciences) for a global leader in food and pharmaceutical industries.

Mara Van Haandel

Mara van Haandel, MSc

Marketing Manager

Key expertise

Biopharma

Mara is currently Marketing Director Biopharma and Innovation Program Director a.i. at DFE Pharma. She holds a Master of Science (MSc) in Food Technology by WUR Wageningen. Before joining DFE Pharma she worked for 10 years at FrieslandCampina in multiple R&D roles. Since 2013 Mara is working at DFE Pharma in R&D and since January 2022 as Marketing Director Biopharma.

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Peters,Harry

Harry Peters

Senior Product Application Specialist

Key expertise

Inhalation

Harry is a Senior Product application specialist at DFE Pharma and has more than 30 years of experience gained at different companies like Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Sensient Technologies and FrieslandCampina. He holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Food Technology from the HAS University (the Netherlands).

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Van Den Heuvel,Korinde Pass

Korinde van den Heuvel-Jansen, MSc

Senior Product Developer

Key expertise

Oral solid dose 3D Printing

Korinde holds a Master of Science in Chemistry from Radboud University, Nijmegen (the Netherlands). She has 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical development and manufacturing of drug product formulations and before joining DFE Pharma, she worked at Synthon.

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