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Dr. Lena Mungenast

Job title/activity of the person
Head of Programme BSc Biotechnology and BSc Pharmaceutical Technology
Research Associate

Lena Mungenast

Contact

Phone
+41 61 228 50 64
E-Mail
lena.mungenast@fhnw.ch

Address

School of Life Sciences FHNW
Institute for Pharma Technology and Biotechnology
Hofackerstrasse 30
4132 Muttenz

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Activities

  • Head of Programme BSc Biotechnology and BSc Pharmaceutical Technology
  • Research associate in research group “Formulations and devices for active chemical and bio-logical substances”

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Expertise

Research

Formulations and devices for active chemical and biological substances

Formulations and devices for active chemical and biological substances

Rational development of drug formulations and medicine production
Institute
Institute for Pharma Technology and Biotechnology

Research field

  • Protein aggregation, Interaction between primary packaging materials and active biological substances, Biomaterials, Visible particles, Container closure integrity testing (CCIT)

Conferences

  • 2026 PDA Visual Inspection Forum
  • 2025 PDA Visual Inspection Forum
  • 2024 PDA Parenteral Packaging conference
  • 2024 World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology

Memberships

  • GSIA Switzerland
  • Parenteral Drug Association (PDA)

Career


Professional career

Education

  • 2018 – 2025 Ph.D. in Tissue Engineering, Department for Microsystems Engineering, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
  • Master of Science in Life Sciences, Molecular Technologies, FHNW, Muttenz, Switzerland
  • Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Julius-Maximlians University, Würzburg, Germany

Current position(s)

  • since 09/2026: Head of Programme BSc Biotechnology and BSc Pharmaceutical Technology
  • since 01/2023: Research associate in research group “Formulations and devices for active chemical and biological substances”

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Teaching


Teaching activity

  • Practical Course “Basics of laboratory work”
  • Practical Course “Packaging and devices”
  • Practical Course “Parenteralia and clean room

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