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Prof. Olivia Merkel receives awards from the CRS

16 Jul 2024

At its annual meeting in Italy, the Controlled Release Society (CRS) presented two awards to Prof Olivia Merkel for her services to the society.

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The „Controlled Release Society“ (CRS) held their Annual Meeting in Bologna, Italy, from July 8-12, and Prof. Olivia Merkel received not only one but two awards for her service to the society.

She was inducted into the College of Fellows of the CRS, and she received the Skin and Mucosal Delivery Focus Group’s “Medal of Honor”. Olivia Merkel was the president of the German Chapter of the CRS in 2020 and the Chair of the Skin and Mucosal Delivery Focus Group from 2020-2022. It was a busy week as she also participated in a panel discussion together with ERC President Prof. Maria Leptin and other ERC awardees, presented her research in an invited talk and participated in two editorial board meetings. The CRS is home for experts dedicated to drug delivery science.