Matthias G. Wacker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy of the National University of Singapore (NUS). Initially, he studied Pharmacy at Goethe University in Frankfurt (Germany) where he obtained his doctoral degree in pharmaceutical technology. As a principal investigator, he has joined Jennifer Dressman and Jörg Kreuter in the Institute of Pharmaceutical Technolo
gy, Goethe University. There he accomplished his habilitation1 exploring the rational design of nanocarriers and was awarded the Venia legendi in pharmaceutical technology. Before joining NUS, he headed the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Nanosciences of the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology in Frankfurt. Currently, he serves the European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics and the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society as an editorial board member. Further, he is a scientific advisor to the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences editors and was guest editor for the Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology and Frontiers in Chemistry. He was honored with the Eudragit® Best Paper Award (2014) and the Phoenix Pharmaceutics Science Award (2017) in recognition of his research excellence. From 2020-2025, he is a member of the General Chapters – Dosage Forms Expert Committee and the Expert Panel on New Advancements in In-Vitro Product Performance Testing of the United States Pharmacopeial Convention.
His research focuses on the development and characterization of nanomedicines following a quality-by-design approach. His research group develops biorelevant drug release assays and physicochemical characterization methods for oral dispersions and injectables such as long-acting depot formulations or nanomedicines.
Dr. Zhuoxuan Li
Research Fellow
National University of Singapore / Wet Science Building (S9) / Level 15
Pharmacy Research Laboratories
Dr. Harshvardhan Modh
Key Safety Lead, Research fellow
National University of Singapore / Wet Science Building (S9) / Level 15
Pharmacy Research Laboratories
Dr. Perumalsamy Ramar
Senior Research Fellow
National University of Singapore / Wet Science Building (S9) / Level 15
Pharmacy Research Laboratories
Namrata Dhakal
Pharmacist, Ph.D. student
National University of Singapore / Wet Science Building (S9) / Level 15
Pharmacy Research Laboratories
Elena Fecioru
External Ph.D. student (PHAST-Eurofins)
Mail: fecioru [a] em.uni-frankfurt .de
David Li
Pharmacist, Ph.D. student
National University of Singapore / Wet Science Building (S9) / Level 15
Pharmacy Research Laboratories
Marc-Phillip Mast
Pharmacist, Ph.D. student
Mail: mast [a] em.uni-frankfurt.de
Shakti Nagpal
M.Pharma, Ph.D. student
National University of Singapore / Wet Science Building (S9) / Level 15
Pharmacy Research Laboratories
Chantal Wallenwein
Pharmacist, Ph.D. student
Mail: wallenwein [a] em.uni-frankfurt.de
Alumini
Postdocs
Dr. Bassam Al Meslmani
Dr. Mukul Ashtikar
Dr. Maria Gomes
Dr. Saeed Shanehsazzadeh
Thesis supervisor
Dr. Susanne Beyer
Dr. Laura Jablonka
Dr. Christine Janas
Dr. Fabian Jung
Dr. Lisa Nothnagel
Fiona Gao (All but dissertation)
Thesis co-supervisor
Dr. Xie Kirsamer
Dr. Monica Villa-Nova
1 The term habilitation is derived from the Medieval Latin “habilitare“, meaning “to make suitable, to fit” and, in the German system, is obtained after several years of independent research. It is required to obtain the “venia legendi“, the permission to lecture at a university.
