Verena Pichler

Verena Pichler is an Associate Professor at the University of Oslo, affiliated with the Section for Pharmaceutical Chemistry. Her research focuses on drug and radiotracer design for theranostic approaches, radiopharmaceutical technology, and biomedical imaging of micro/nanoplastics. She leads the Pichler Group and collaborates with institutions in Austria and Lithuania.

• Roles: Elected Director of the Society of Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, Founding Member of the Chemistry Study Group (European Society of Molecular Imaging)
• Collaborations: Prof. Lukas Kenner (Medical University of Vienna), Prof. Eglė Arbačiauskienė (Kaunas University of Technology), and the Center for Biomarker Research in Medicine (Graz, Austria).

Her work emphasizes innovative preclinical screening platforms, automation in radiopharmaceutical processes, and green methodologies. She actively contributes to projects like microONE and develops analytical assays for nanoparticle tracing.