Jeanetta du Plessis is Professor of Pharmaceutics and the Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation at NWU. She is a Pharmacist who is specializing in drug delivery, whilst her research focuses on topical and transdermal drug delivery.
Prof Du Plessis has Supervised numerous post-graduate students. She is the Author/Co-Author of several patents, well over 100 papers in peer-reviewed journals and quite a few book chapters. Prof Du Plessis Serves on the scientific editorial boards of numerous scientific journals.
She is a Founding Member of the honorary editorial board of the Open Access Journal, Research and Reports in Transdermal Drug Delivery. Prof Du Plessis also Acts on the DST Nanotechnology HSE Advisory Committee as well as the Marketing Committee of the International Skin Forum Conference. She holds Memberships with the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) and the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).
