Chiara Pretto's Biography

Chiara Pretto, Senior Scientist, Process Development, Ardena Nanomedicines

Chiara Pretto received her M.Sc. in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology at the University of Padua. After performing an industrial internship at the Philochem Company, she enrolled in OcuTher (Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Innovative Training Networks) to carry out her PhD within the research group of Prof. Jan van Hest at the Eindhoven University of Technology. She performed several secondments in different research groups such as 20Med Therapeutics, the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Helsinki and the Queen’ s University of Belfast. After obtaining her PhD in Biomedical engineering, she joined Ardena Oss in 2021. She is currently working as Group Lead of the Process R&D Nanomedicines. Her expertise lies in the development of nanoparticles and their scale-up processes, therefore leading a group of scientists towards process development and large-scale (GMP-)manufacturing of nanomedicines for (pre)clinical trial applications, ensuring effective translation from laboratory concepts to real-world applications.