About

Sarah Zellnitz, PhD, is a pharmacist by training. During her PhD at the Graz University of Technology (Austria), she explored glass beads as new model carries in DPIs and gained expertise in particle engineering via surface modification and detailed material characterisation. Dr Zellnitz currently holds the position of Senior Scientist at Area II – Advanced Products & Delivery at the Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering in Graz. Her research focus is on tailoring DPI formulations via mechanistic understanding of the interplay of material properties, formulation properties, adhesive-cohesive force balance and drug detachment.