Sara Cordeiro is a newly-appointed Senior Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the School of Pharmacy at De Montfort University (Leicester, UK). She has a PharmD from the University of Porto (Portugal) and a PhD in Drug Research and Development from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), where she focused on the design and development of polymer-based nanocarriers for vaccine delivery. Currently, Sara's research interests concern the controlled release of drugs and vaccines and the development of formulations for patient-friendly drug and vaccine administration and she aims to start her own research group in 2021 to pursue these research goals.
Sara is a communicative, social and passionate person, constantly dreaming, planning and working for her next personal or professional goal. She loves working with people and participating in projects that may change the world, even in the smallest of things, leading to her interest in joining the Young Scientist Committee of the CRS. In her free time, she loves travelling, learning, playing music and meeting people. Also, she was an active member of the Scout Movement from 1999 to 2017, being a scout leader in Santiago de Compostela and working in the non-formal education of young kids from 8 to 18 years old, through outdoor activities, work in small teams and "education-by-action".
