Tatiana Iakovleva

Tatiana Iakovleva is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics at the University of Florida's College of Pharmacy. With over 10 years of industry experience collaborating with global pharmaceutical companies, she specializes in Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP) modeling for drug development.

Her research develops computational models to optimize drug development processes, including physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling and biomarker-directed clinical endpoint frameworks. Recent publications focus on neurodegenerative diseases and biopharmaceutic parameter estimation, demonstrating her cross-disciplinary approach bridging computational methods and clinical applications.

Dr. Iakovleva has received recognition including Wiley's Top Cited Article (2020-2021) and Top Downloaded Paper (2018-2019) awards. Her current research investigates biomarker-based models for Parkinson's disease progression and mechanistic approaches to biopharmaceutic data interpretation. She teaches PHA6125: Introduction to Quantitative Pharmacology.

Her lab focuses on translating computational insights into practical applications for pharmaceutical development, with industry partnerships enhancing the real-world impact of her methodological innovations. She maintains offices in multiple UF locations including 6550 Sanger Road in Orlando.