Education:

  • May 2014 – August 2018, Ph.D. in Pharmacetical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland. Thesis title: “The impact of cyclodextrins and cyclodextrin-based nanoparticles for β-lactam antibiotic stability” Supervisor: Dr. Thorsteinn Loftsson
  • October 2011 – June 2013, MSc degree in chemistry,  Specialization: Chemistry of Bioactive Substances and Cosmetics, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie – Sklodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin.
  • October 2010 – June 2013, BSc degree in environmental protection, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie – Sklodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin.
  • October 2008 – June 2011, BSc degree in chemistry, Specialization: Chemistry of Bioactive Substances and Cosmetics, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie – Sklodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin.

Trainings, courses:

  • WORKSHOP, “Optical microscopy in life science – from basics to state of the art” Wallenberg Conference Centre, University of Gothenburg 05/2017
  • 3rd CYCLONHIT SUMMER SCHOOL, “Photoactivable antibacterials: from basic concepts to practical applications” CNR, Bologna, Italy 09/2016
  • 3rd International Summer School on Cyclodextrins, “Getting Started on Cyclodextrin Complexes and Applications” Uni-Astiss Asti University Center for Advanced Studies, Asti, Italy 06/2016
  • WORKSHOP ‘’From Cyclodextrins to Nanoparticles: Synthesis and applications’’ University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain 04/2016
  • 1 st SUMMER SCHOOL CyclonHit Nanomaterials for bio-applications: focus on antimicrobial research National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” Athens, Greece 09/2014

Conferences:

  • 5th European Conference on Cyclodextrin University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal. 10/2017 Poster PP25, “Effect of cyclodextrins on the degradation rate of benzylpenicillin”.
  • 18th Conference on research in biomedical and health sciences University of Iceland School of Health Sciences, 01/2017, Oral presentation, E157 “Self-assembled nanoparticles of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and beta- cyclodextrin (HTMAPβCD) polymer for antibiotics targeted drug delivery”.
  • 2016 AAPS Annual Meeting & Exposition Denver, CO, United States, 11/2016 Poster 33W0330, “Effect of cyclodextrins on the degradation rate of benzylpenicillin”.
  • 17th Conference on research in biomedical and health sciences University of Iceland School of Health Sciences. 01/2015 Poster “Cyclodextrin reactivation of antibiotics already resisted bacteria”.

Publications:

  • Popielec, A., Fenyvesi, É., Yannakopoulou, K., & Loftsson, T. (2016). Effect of cyclodextrins on the degradation rate of benzylpenicillin. Die Pharmazie-An International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 71(2), 68-75.
  • Popielec, A., & Loftsson, T. (2017). Effects of cyclodextrins on the chemical stability of drugs. International journal of pharmaceutics, 531(2), 532-542.
  • Popielec, A., Agnes, M., Yannakopoulou, K., Fenyvesi, É., & Loftsson, T. (2018). Self-assembled cyclodextrin-based nanoparticles for meropenem stabilization. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 45, 20-27.
  • Popielec, A., Agnes, M., Yannakopoulou, K., Fenyvesi, É., & Loftsson, T. (2018). Effect of β-and γ-cyclodextrins and their methylated derivatives on the degradation rate of benzylpenicillin. Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry, 1-11.