Prof. Borut Štrukelj, MSc Pharm, PhD

Prof. Borut Štrukelj, MSc Pharm, PhD, is a professor at the Department for Pharmaceutical Biology at the Faculty of Pharmacy, Ljubljana, Slovenia, where he leads a group for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology.

In his career, he has published more than 240 scientific and professional articles in reputable scientific publications. In 1996, he received the prestigious EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) Postdoctoral Fellowship for his work in the field of genetically modified organisms. His newest project is developing a platform for determining unknown compounds of peptide origin that could work as a growth hormone in doping but cannot be detected using today’s methods. The achievement was also recognized and financially supported by the World Anti-Doping Agency.

He got several high-level international rewards. He is a co-author of several patent applications and a member of several world, European and Slovenian associations in the field of pharmacy and molecular biology. Until 2012, he also worked as an expert at the European Medicines Agency. Recently, he was selected as international health expert at UNIDO.