Biography
Yilmaz Capan is Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology and
Head of the Pharmaceutical Technology Department at Hacettepe University
Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara, Turkey. Professor Capan received his Ph.D. from
the University of Lille II, France in 1978. He has been a Visiting Scientist at
University of Lille II, Faculty of Pharmacy and at University Paris-Sud,
Faculty of Pharmacy, Paris-France and was a Visiting Professor at Louis Pasteur
University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Strasbourg-France and at University of
Kentucky College of Pharmacy. He has thirty-five published refereed-journal
articles, twenty published non-refereed journal articles and three published
books. Professor Capan holds memberships in the American Association of
Pharmaceutical Scientists, Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ankara,
Turkish Pharmacists' Association and Pharmacist's Chamber of Ankara.
Research Interest
Tabletting, Sustained Release Oral Solid Dosage Forms, Bioadhesion, GMP and Quality Assurance, Protein Delivery from Biodegradable Microspheres, Brain Drug Targeting and Nanotechnology.