Associate Professor

University of Jordan

Biography

Dr. Mais Saleh is an Associate Professor in Pharmaceutical science/Cosmetics science at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Jordan. She received her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Science in 2019 from King’s College London. Her Ph.D. thesis focused on the Delivery of tocopherol phosphate nanomaterials into the skin to protect against ultraviolet radiation. During her Ph.D. project, she worked with Professor Stuart Jones’s group in 2014 at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Waterloo campus, and Professor Antony Young’s group at St John Institute of Dermatology, Guy’s Hospital. Recently, her research interests have focused on the delivery of cosmetic actives into viable skin layers and the applications of nanotechnology such as solid lipid nanoparticles and liposomes in cosmetic formulations. Dr. Mais Saleh is an author of 12 peer-reviewed papers and a member of the Society of Cosmetic Science (SCS), Cosmetosciences, and the Middle East Association of Pharmaceutical Medicine Professionals (MEAPP). She received a Postdoctoral scholarship at King’s College London funded by the Scientific Research and Innovation Support Fund in Jordan for the year 2022.​