Full Professor of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE, Brazil) since 2011. Scholarship Productivity CNPq Research since 1993, currently level 1D in the field of Pharmacy / Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology (h-index = 13 ISI; Orcid = http://orcid.org / 0000-0002-2576-4213). Local supervisor of the Graduate Program in Nanotechnology Pharmaceuticals - PPGNANOFARMA (in National Network). She was the coordinator of the Program of Graduate Studies in Pharmaceutical Sciences (PPGFC-UFPE; 05 / 2011-06 / 2013). She is currently coordinator of LARnano-UFPE: Associated Laboratories Network Nanotechnology / SisNANO / MCTI. Head of the Strategic Technologies Center NanoCETENE Northeast-Network CETENE (September 2008- Present). She was Health Board member of the Foundation for Science and Technology of the State of Pernambuco-FACEPE (Oct / 2011- April / 2013). She was also coordinator of international cooperation projects with France, CAPES-COFECUB agreement (169/94, 266/06, 535/06) 1994-2010 (11 x UPSud UFPE) and currently participates in the project coordinated by the UFRN (721/11; 2010 -2014). Graduated (1981) and MSc (1986) in Pharmaceutical Sciences, UFPE, she hold a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Paris-Sud 11 (1991). She also holds the ex-aequo prize of the Université René Descartes-UPSud 11 (1990) and she was awarded the Pharmaceutical Merit Commendation of the National Federal Council of Pharmacy (2008). Her main investigation field is pharmaceutical sciences, with an emphasis on Nanotechnology Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. Since 1994 she is head of the research group "Controlled Release Systems of Medicines and Vaccines -- Nanotechnology Pharmaceuticals (SLC-NF)". Her research focuses is on the major national issues:. RD & I on Drugs and Drugs multidisciplinary and translational approach to treatment cancer and infectious diseases;. RD & I Biotechnology through Biopolymers company for Health (Polisa) with environmental conservation and sustainability using renewable natural resources, with funding by the agencies CNPq, CAPES, FINEP and FACEPE. The SLC-NF group is a partener of the National Network of CNPq / MCTI in the area of ​​Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: National Network of Nanobiotechnology-Nanobiotec (2001-2005); National Network Nanocosmetics CIN SIBRATEC / MCTI (2010-2014) and Nanobiotechnology Network Nanofar-CNPq / MCTI (2010-2014) National Network of Nanobiotechnology-Nanobiotec CAPES / MEC (2009-2014);. National Institute of Science and Technology Innovation in Pharmaceutical-INCT-IF (2009-2013); Milênio-Institute INOFAR Innovation and Development of Drugs and Drugs (2006-2008). The SLC-NF / LIKA-UFPE, under her responsibility, is registered as an Associate Laboratory CETENE-Nanotechnology. The activities of RD & I of SLC-NF / LIKA-UFPE are associated with the formation of high-level human resources in Nanotechnology Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics and Biopharmaceutics with supervision of 3 pos; 16 doctors currently lecturers of universities in the North and Northeast; 46 teachers, currently pursuing a PhD in Brazil and abroad, most under my guidance, or assuming important positions in public or private institutions in the country. In addition to 61 scientific initiation mentees. Currently, they are being guided 12 doctoral students, 8 masters, fellows IC 5 and 10 trainees. The set of R&D I SLC-NF in cooperation with other research groups in the country and abroad allowed the deposit ten patents (1 international) and the creation of the company "POLISA-Biopolymers for Health, PE, Brazil".