Mircea Alexandru Mateescu
University of Quebec, Canada
Biography
Mircea Alexandru Mateescu has a PhD from Bucharest Polytechnic University and is a receiver of a “Honorary Laurea” from Rome University “La Sapienza”. He has been a full-time Professor at UQAM since 1994. His research relates to Multifunctional Proteins and to Drug Targeting. He is the Co-inventor of more than 30 patents covering therapeutic enzymes and new excipients for drug delivery. He has developed fruitful collaborations with pharmaceutical companies and was involved in several technological transfers. He published more than 130 papers in reputed journals, one book and 8 book-chapters. He is the holder of Bombardier Prize (1999) for Technological Innovation, of Venezia Prize (Italian Chamber of Commerce, 2012), and Research-Career Prize (UQAM, 2014).