Director of the CDR

Arto Urtti, Ph.D.
Professor of Biopharmaceutics

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Arto Urtti received his Ph.D. degree in 1986 (University of Kuopio, Finland). He served as Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology and professor of Biopharmaceutics at University of Kuopio.

Dr. Urtti has obtained international research experience as a post-doctoral fellow (Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas) and visiting professor (Dept. of Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Francisco and Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Wisconsin).

Professor Urtti has led the Centre for Drug Research (previously DDTC – Drug Discovery and Development Technology Center) since 2005.

Professor Urtti’s research programme is presented in about 220 peer-reviewed articles  and 20 patents and patent applications.

Arto Urtti has received scientific awards such as:

He is the editor-in-chief of European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and editorial member in many other journaals. Professor Urtti has evaluated grant applications for the scientific funding bodies of more than 10 countries and the European Union.
Professor Urtti’s main research fields are drug delivery (controlled release, computational and cell-based methods for ADME research) and nanotechnology (biomaterial structures for drug and gene targeting and for 3-d cell cultures).

Research is presented in more detail here.