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Fridrun Podczeck

Why Chartered Scientist is right for me

I did my first degree in Pharmacy in Germany and went on to write a Masters thesis in Pharmaceutical Technology – a field close to chemical engineering. I was greatly interested in particle and powder processing and completed a PhD in this field. At the same time I started a postgraduate course in Pharmaceutical Technology to combine my academic work with work in the pharmaceutical industry.

After I had moved to London in 1992 I got involved with the Particle Subject Group of IChemE and a few years later became an Affiliate member.

In 2002 I moved to Sunderland University as Professor of Pharmaceutics. I became an active member of the Pharma Subject Group which was an extraordinary experience as these colleagues are extremely knowledgeable and dedicated to their work and profession.

IChemE’s Chartered Scientist qualification was attractive to me. I decided to apply for full membership via CSci rather than the CEng route.

My work certainly involves in depth knowledge of processing, but as an academic researcher I feel CSci is more appropriate – it reflects the angle from which I approach engineering processes more closely.

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