Heni Rachmawati

Heni Rachmawati

Heni Rachmawati National Research Center for Nanotechnology Diepartment of nanomedicine Indonesia

Biography
Heni Rachmawati obtains her PhD from Department of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Delivery, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. She completed her PhD project entitled: “The design of liver selective form of Interleukin-10: a new strategy for the treatment of liver fibrosis” in June 2005. Afterwards, she was back to her home institution, School of Pharmacy, Bandung Institute of Technology. In 2009 she did her postdoctoral research on curcumin nanocrystal in Free University of Berlin, Germany, under DAAD grant. One year later, she studied more about nanotechnology for pharmaceutical application in Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore under Islamic Development Bank Grant. Her project in NUS was about Antibody-conjugated nanoparticle of biodegradable polymer for targeted drug delivery. After completing her postdoctoral project in Singapore, she cameback to her home institution and started to establish nanotechnology-based research for biomedical application. She introduced the potential benefits of applying nanotechnology to improve the lack properties of active pharmaceutical ingridients. Such problematic APIs due to poor physicochemical properties or poor stability can be solved by current smart technology. Due to her expertise in nanotechnology for pharmaceutical products, many pharma companies in Indonesia ask her help in formulation development. In addition her profession as a teacher in university, she is also a scientific consultant in pharma company in Indonesia. She focuses her project on curcumin and other bioactive compounds nanoforms for different applications. Since 2012, she was appointed as chairperson in Division of Nanomedicine, National Research Center for Nanotechnology, ITB, Indonesia. Publications (2004-currently): More than 50 international journals, 3 book chapters, invited speakers in national and international events
Research Interest
 Biomedical Nanotechnology, Nanotechnology