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Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

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Chemistry
Austria
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
101
Citations
37422
World Ranking
1215
National Ranking
5

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Austria Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Chemistry in Austria Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch is affiliated with the University of Innsbruck in Austria. Their research focuses on various aspects of drug delivery systems, pharmaceutical sciences, and molecular biology. The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of pharmacology, toxicology, pharmaceutics, and biochemistry, with 154 publications related to pharmaceutical science and 108 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
  • Drug Solubility and Delivery Systems
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery

Frequent publication venues for their research output are:

  • International Journal of Pharmaceutics
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
  • Drug Delivery and Translational Research
  • Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology

The scientist often collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Gergely Kali
  • Patrick Knoll
  • Dennis To
  • Flavia Laffleur
  • Richard Wibel

Recent publications spanning from 2020 to 2023 document progress in therapeutic peptide delivery, polymeric hydrogels, cyclodextrins, drug delivery system residence time, and thiolated chitosans. Selected papers include:

  • Oral delivery of therapeutic peptides and proteins: Technology landscape of lipid-based nanocarriers (2022, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews)
  • Thiolated polymeric hydrogels for biomedical application: Cross-linking mechanisms (2020, Journal of Controlled Release)
  • Cyclodextrins and derivatives in drug delivery: New developments, relevant clinical trials, and advanced products (2023, Carbohydrate Polymers)
  • Strategies to prolong the residence time of drug delivery systems on ocular surface (2020, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science)
  • Thiolated Chitosans: A Multi-talented Class of Polymers for Various Applications (2020, Biomacromolecules)

The body of work demonstrates a consistent engagement with pharmaceutical sciences, particularly in the design and improvement of drug delivery materials and systems. The integration of molecular biology and materials chemistry underlies many of the scientist's contributions to understanding and advancing drug carrier technologies.

Best Publications

  • Chitosan-based drug delivery systems

    Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch;Sarah Dünnhaupt

  • Strategies to improve plasma half life time of peptide and protein drugs

    M. Werle;A. Bernkop-Schnürch

  • Thiomers: a new generation of mucoadhesive polymers.

    Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

  • Thiolated polymers — thiomers: development and in vitro evaluation of chitosan–thioglycolic acid conjugates

    Constantia E. Kast;Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

  • Comparison of the mucoadhesive properties of various polymers.

    Vjera Grabovac;Davide Guggi;Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

  • Thiolated polymers--thiomers: synthesis and in vitro evaluation of chitosan-2-iminothiolane conjugates.

    Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch;Margit Hornof;Theresa Zoidl

  • Thiolated polymers: evidence for the formation of disulphide bonds with mucus glycoproteins.

    Verena M. Leitner;Greg F. Walker;Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

  • Polymers with thiol groups: a new generation of mucoadhesive polymers?

    Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch;Veronika Schwarz;Sonja Steininger

  • The use of inhibitory agents to overcome the enzymatic barrier to perorally administered therapeutic peptides and proteins

    Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

  • Successful oral delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs both depends on the intraluminal behavior of drugs and of appropriate advanced drug delivery systems

    Ben J. Boyd;Christel A.S. Bergström;Zahari Vinarov;Martin Kuentz

  • Mucoadhesive vs. mucopenetrating particulate drug delivery.

    Kesinee Netsomboon;Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

  • Mucoadhesive thiolated chitosans as platforms for oral controlled drug delivery: synthesis and in vitro evaluation

    Marta Roldo;Margit Hornof;Paolo Caliceti;Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

  • Chitosan and its derivatives: potential excipients for peroral peptide delivery systems.

    Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

  • Improvement in the mucoadhesive properties of alginate by the covalent attachment of cysteine

    Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch;Constantia E. Kast;Martina F. Richter

  • Synthesis and characterisation of mucoadhesive thiolated polymers.

    A Bernkop-Schnürch;S Steininger

  • Permeation enhancing polymers in oral delivery of hydrophilic macromolecules: thiomer/GSH systems.

    A Bernkop-Schnürch;C E Kast;D Guggi

  • Review articleThiolated chitosans

    Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch;Margit Hornof;Davide Guggi

  • Thiolated chitosans: development and in vitro evaluation of a mucoadhesive, permeation enhancing oral drug delivery system.

    Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch;Davide Guggi;Yvonne Pinter

  • Mucoadhesive polymers as platforms for peroral peptide delivery and absorption: synthesis and evaluation of different chitosan–EDTA conjugates

    Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch;Martina E Krajicek

  • The role of glutathione in the permeation enhancing effect of thiolated polymers

    Andreas E. Clausen;Constantia E. Kast;Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

Frequent Co-Authors

Christian W. Huck
Christian W. Huck University of Innsbruck
Harald Kolmar
Harald Kolmar Technical University of Darmstadt
Günther K. Bonn
Günther K. Bonn University of Innsbruck
Costas Kiparissides
Costas Kiparissides Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Paolo Caliceti
Paolo Caliceti University of Padua
Ronald Gust
Ronald Gust Freie Universität Berlin
Anette Müllertz
Anette Müllertz University of Copenhagen
Christine Vauthier
Christine Vauthier University of Paris-Saclay
Véronique Préat
Véronique Préat Université Catholique de Louvain

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