Asteria Maria Luzardo Alvarez

Asteria Maria Luzardo Alvarez serves as a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Santiago de Compostela.

Her educational background includes a Doctorate from the University of Santiago de Compostela (2001), with her thesis focusing on transdermal iontophoresis for systemic administration of the antiparkinsonian drug ropinirole, supervised by Dr. José Blanco Méndez and Dr. María Begoña Delgado Charro.

Research interests span Pharmaceutical Technology, Transdermal Drug Delivery, Parasitology, and Pharmacology, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to drug delivery systems and parasitic diseases.

She actively contributes to the PARAQUASIL Interdisciplinary Group in Pharmaceutical Technology, Parasitic Immunobiology and Water Parasitosis, while previously collaborating with the dinsa group on food-safety pathogen research.

Dr. Luzardo Alvarez has supervised doctoral theses and participates in ongoing research projects within her department, though specific grants or awards are not detailed in available records.