Gert Storm

Scientific Advisor

INVOLVEMENT WITH LIPOSOMA

Since 2017 Gert Storm has been involved with LIPOSOMA as a scientific advisor. Because he is globally recognized as a top expert in the field of liposome preparation and application, he serves as a bridge between LIPOSOMA and academic resources. His scientific ranking (see below) and academic network underline his importance for our company.

ACADEMIA

  • Doctoral in Biology (1983) at University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.
  • PhD at the Department of Pharmaceutics (1987) at University of Utrecht including a thesis entitled “Liposomes as delivery system for doxorubicin in cancer chemotherapy”.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

After his PhD, Gert worked as a scientist at Liposome Technology Inc. in Menlo Park, USA, and as a guest professor at the School of Pharmacy, part of the University of California in San Francisco. In 1990-1991 he was senior scientist at Pharma Bio-Research Consultancy B.V. in the Netherlands, working on the design, coordination and evaluation of clinical pharmacological studies.

In 1991 he returned to the Department of Pharmaceutics at the Utrecht University. Currently, he is also part-time professor Targeted Therapeutics at the Department of Biomaterials Science & Technology of the University of Twente and Honorary Professor Biomacromolecular Drug Delivery at the University of Copenhagen. He also held a position (seconded) at the University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Division Imaging.

Gert Storm’s research interest is mainly concerned with the design, characterization and (pre) clinical testing of targeted nanomedicine formulations, in particular liposome-based formulations.

SCIENTIFIC RANKING

  • More than 550 publications.
  • H-index 95 (Google Scholar, August 1st 2019).
  • Since the start in 2014, he is every year included in the lists of The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds by Thomson Reuters (in 2018 taken over by Clarivate Analytics), as Highly Cited Researcher.
  • Based on scientific publications since 2009, Expertscape objectively ranks scientists per scientific field 1) for ‘liposomes’ 2nd worldwide/1st in Europe, 2) for ‘drug carriers’ 2nd worldwide/1st in Europe, and 3) for ‘drug delivery systems’ 3rd worldwide/ 2nd in Europe (date: July 26, 2019).
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