Prof. Dr. Yılmaz ÇAPAN

 

Prof. Dr. Yılmaz Çapan has graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy in 1972. He has received his M.Sc. degree in Industrial Pharmaceutical Technology in 1976 and his M.Sc. degree in Biopharmaceutics in 1978 both at the University of Lille II, France. Prof. Çapan has taken  his Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutical Technology in 1978 at the University of Lille II, France in 1978. He has then returned to Hacettepe University Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and received Associate professor position in 1985.  He has become full professor of Pharmaceutical Technology in 1990 at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology in Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University.

 

Prof. Çapan has served as Registration Main Commission member and Commission for BY/BE member at the Turkish Ministry of Health-Drug and Pharmacy General Directorate for several years. He is currently serving as Head of Department of Pharmaceutical Technology since February 2007 and president of FATUM Pharmaceutical Technology Research and Application Center in Hacettepe University since April 2007.

 

Prof. Çapan’s research interests include brain delivery with nanoparticles,  brain drug targeting, bioavailability-bioequivalence, controlled release of oral drug delivery systems, tabletting, bioadhesion, GMP and quality assurance, peptide delivery from biodegradable microspheres. Prof. Çapan has been working as visiting scientist and visiting professor in University of Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France and University of Kentucky at Lexington, USA. He is also serving as Turkish delegate at the Commission for European Pharmacopeia in Strasbourg.

 

Prof. Çapan has recently received two distinguished scientific awards for his research activities. He has first been awarded the TEB Turkish Pharmacists’ Association Scientific Merit Award for 2007 in May and has recently been given the Hacettepe University Scientific Merit Award for 2007 in July for his outstanding work and achievements in the field of pharmaceutical technology.