Brief professional data of Professor Niklasson Bjorn

Ingela Niklasson Björn, Associate Principal Scientist in Process Engineering, AstraZeneca PA R&D, Sweden

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden

Licentiate of Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering Design, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden

PhD in Chemical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden

Core Team Member of AstraZeneca CoE Complex Oral Controlled Release between 2002 och 2004.

Core Team Member of AstraZeneca CoE Process Analytical Technology since 2003.

Member of AZ CoE PAT Research and Technology group since 2003.

Long experience of in-line monitoring techniques, lab, pilot plant and manufacturing scale.

Responsible for the implementation of CFD(Computational Fluid Dynamics) as a tool in product development at AstraZeneca PA R&D, Sweden.

Industrial Supervisor for Ph D students at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden

Several patents within the PAT (Process Analytical Technology) area.

Vice Chairman 1999- 2003 of the research programme Multiphase Flow sponsored by The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research.

Chairman 2003-2006 of the research programme Multiphase Flow sponsored by The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research.

Chairman of SIAMUF ( Swedish Industrial Association For Multiphase Flow) since 2000 with 11 member companies.

Member and AZ contact person for CPE(Centre of Process Engineering) at Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg Sweden.