Postdoctoral researcher

CURRICULUM VITAE CONTACT INFORMATION Name Mariya Ivanova Brachkova Address Av. Sérgio Vieira de Mello 25, 7-C, Lisbon 1750-450, Portugal Telephone +351 967707369 E-mail [email protected] PERSONAL INFORMATION Date of birth 16-09-1978 Nationality Bulgarian / Portuguese Professional membership Pharmaceutical Society of Portugal, nr. 15921 EDUCATION • Doctoral Training (2004 - 2010): University of Lisbon, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology; Thesis “Evaluation of the viability of Lactobacillus spp. in different pharmaceutical forms”, supported by a research grant from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Portugal. Graduated with Distinction and Honours. • University (1997 - 2002): Master of Pharmacy at the Medical University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sofia. Final average: 5.45 out of 6. OTHER RESEARCH AND TRAINING • February-June 2002: Erasmus student at the University of Ghent, Belgium, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Microbiology; Diploma thesis: ‘Development of a new isolation medium to study the biodiversity of B. cepacia complex strains in the environment’. • August 1999: International student exchange programme in research of the Interaction of propafenone hydrochloride with cyclodextrins at the University of Navarra, Spain, Department of Physical Chemistry. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Postdoctoral Researcher (2013 – est. 2015) “Powdered medicinal milks for oral delivery of drugs in paediatrics”; Instituto Superior de Ciências da Saúde Egas Moniz. 2011 – 2012: Invited Assistant Professor: “Drug Delivery and Targeting”, 5th year of Pharmaceutical Sciences MSc; Universidade Lusófona, Lisbon. Professional experience in community pharmacy • Aug. 2010 – Aug 2013: Pharmacist in community pharmacy Queluz, Portugal. • Jun. 2010 – Aug. 2010: Pharmacist in community pharmacy in Sofia, Bulgaria. • Feb. 2003 – Oct. 2004: Pharmacist in community pharmacy in Sofia, Bulgaria. LANGUAGES • Portuguese (fluent); English (fluent); Bulgarian (native); German (basic). PUBLICATIONS • Brachkova MI, Duarte A, Pinto JF. Alginate films containing viable Lactobacillus plantarum: preparation and in vitro evaluation. AAPS PharmSciTech. DOI: 10.1208/s12249-012-9753-z. • Brachkova MI, Marques P, Rocha J, Sepodes B, Duarte A, Pinto JF. Alginate films containing Lactobacillus plantarum as wound dressing for prevention of burn infection. J Hosp Infect. 2011; 79:375-377. • Brachkova MI, Duarte A, Pinto JF. Preservation of viability and antibacterial activity of Lactobacillus spp. in calcium alginate beads. Eur J Pharm Sci. 2010; 41(5):589-596. • Brachkova MI, Duarte A, Pinto JF. Evaluation of the viability of Lactobacillus spp. after the production of different solid dosage forms. J Pharm Sci. 2009; 98(9): 3329-39. (Published, by invitation of the associate editor of the journal, in a special edition dedicated to Prof. Michael Pikal) • Vermis K, Brachkova MI, Vandamme P, Nelis H. Isolation of Burkholderia cepacia complex genomovars from waters. Syst Appl Microbiol. 2003; 26(4): 595-600. Oral communication • Brachkova MI, Duarte A, Pinto JF. Effect of tabletting on survival rate of six bacterial strains. 5th World meeting on Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Geneva (Switzerland), 27 - 30 March 2006. Panel communications • Brachkova MI, Marques P, Rocha J, Sepodes B, Duarte A, Pinto JF. In vivo evaluation of alginate films containing L. plantarum on preventing early infections by P. aeruginosa in burned skin. 7th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, La Valeta (Malta), 8 - 11 March 2010. • Brachkova MI, Duarte A, Pinto JF. Preparation and in vitro evaluation of alginate films containing L. plantarum. 2nd PharmSciFair, Nice (France), 8 - 12 June 2009. • Brachkova MI, Duarte A, Pinto JF. Development of a delivery system containing viable L. plantarum for topical application. 6th World meeting on Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Barcelona (Spain), 7 - 10 April 2008. • Brachkova MI, Duarte A, Pinto JF. Comparison of different processes on the viability of probiotic bacteria. AAPS annual meeting, San Diego (USA), 10 - 15 November 2007. • Brachkova MI, Duarte A, Pinto JF. Preservation of the inhibitory activity of L. plantarum in calcium alginate beads. Innovation in drug delivery from biomaterials to devices (APGI/ADRITELF joint meeting), Naples (Italy), 30 Sep - 3 Oct 2007. • Brachkova MI, Duarte A, Pinto JF. Antibiotic activity of five probiotic strains against five multi-resistant clinical isolates. AAPS annual meeting, San Antonio (USA), 29 Oct - 2 Nov 2006. • González-Gaitano G, Brachkova MI, Sánchez M, Tardajos G. Inclusion of propafenone by natural and modified cyclodextrins. 10th International Cyclodextrin Symposium. Ann Arbor (USA), May 2000.