Associate Director
Alcami Corporation
Joanna Bis received her M. Sc. degree in Analytical Chemistry from Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland, in 2002. In 2006, she obtained Ph. D. degree from the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, where under the supervision of Dr. Michael Zaworotko, she studied crystal engineering of organic compounds. While in the Ph.D. program, Joanna worked as research assistant for TransForm Pharmaceuticals Inc. and applied the fundamental crystal engineering strategies to the design and preparation of novel pharmaceutical cocrystals and salts. In 2006, Joanna assumed a scientific position at GlaxoSmithKline, Durham, NC, in the Solid Form Sciences department, where she was responsible for supporting solid-form screening and evaluation activities for late-stage drug development projects and addressing solid-state issues encountered during the crystallization and formulation processes. In 2010, Joanna moved to Solid-State at Catalent Pharma Solutions in Morrisville, NC, where she supported solid-state aspects of early-, middle-, and late-stages of API development as a Group Leader of the Solid-State team. She was a member of Preformulation Focus Group Steering Committee of AAPS between 2010-2016 and a member of the Preformulation Excellence Team at Catalent between 2020-2022. In 2022 Joanna assumed the Associate Director role for the Solid-State Characterization department at Alcami Corporation, in Morrisville, NC.