Gianfranco Pasut is a Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology at the Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences University of Padova, Italy. He received his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2003 from the University of Padova. He was visiting PhD student at the Rheumatology Dept, Medical School – University of Pennsylvania (USA) and visiting scientist at the School of Pharmacy – University of Reading (UK).
Gianfranco Pasut has more than 20 years of research experience in the field of drug and protein delivery, in particular by polymer conjugation. He has developed numerous methods of polymer conjugation to proteins and has collaborated with several companies. His research lab is investigating new approaches of polymer conjugation, Antibody Drug Conjugates, and targeted liposomes. He has pioneered and expanded the use of the enzyme transglutaminase for the development of new conjugates. Pasut is the author of more than 70 publications, 14 book chapters, and the inventor of 10 patents. He is the scientific editor of a book on PEGylation. He has also participated in scientific advisory boards of private pharmaceutical companies. He is Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Medical Technology | Nano-Based Drug Delivery, and Associate Editor of Heliyon | Chemistry.

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