Dr. Ghozlene Mekhloufi
Dr. Mekhloufi is an agro-food engineer who obtained her PhD in "Biotechnological and Food Processes" from the Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, France. She is since 2006, an Associate Professor in Physics and Biophysics at the Faculty of Pharmacy (University Paris Saclay, France). Her main research activities consists in formulating and characterizing emulsions / nanoemulsions stabilized by biopolymers such as proteins and polysaccharides. The formulated pharmaceutical and / or cosmetic emulsions are part of the current trend of natural and biodegradable products without synthetic surfactants that are potentially irritating and toxic.