Bozena B. Michniak-kohn

Biography

 Dr. Bozena B. Michniak-Kohn is a Pharmaceutical/Scientific Advisor to Polytherapeutics. Dr. Michniak-Kohn obtained her Ph.D. in Pharmacology in 1980. Currently she is a tenured Professor in Pharmaceutics at the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ and the Director of the Laboratory for Drug Delivery of the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials (NJCBM). Dr. Michniak has directed over 25 Ph.D. students, 6 Masters students, and 200+ undergraduates and the work resulted in over 350 abstracts, 3 patents, 2 books, 27 book chapters, and over 100 papers. She is a reviewer for over a dozen pharmaceutical and drug delivery journals, is a Consultant to over half a dozen pharmaceutical companies and is an expert in the area of transdermal and topical drug delivery. Dr. Michniak-Kohn’s main research focus lies in the area of topical and transdermal drug delivery-TDD. Her group is involved in the design and testing of novel dermal penetration enhancer and retardant compounds, investigation of their mechanisms of action and transport through the skin layers, molecular and computational modeling of enhancers as well as optimization and testing of topical and transdermal formulations. Studies also involve novel carrier systems such as nanospheres and investigation of skin pathways with confocal microscopy and Raman /FTIR/terahertz spectrometry. Physical drug delivery enhancement techniques are studied such as iontophoresis.

Research Interest

 Pharmaceutical Science