In 2021, she received the 'Women in Life Sciences' award, granted by the PDA Brazil Chapter, as an outstanding professional in science, leadership, education and successful projects in the industry. In addition to her research work and teaching (graduate and undergraduate levels), she is dedicated to courses and consultancy on relevant topics to the pharmaceutical industry, especially related to chemometrics within the context of quality by design. Her major research interests are related to chemometrics applied to the development of pharmaceutical products and processes according to the strategy of quality by design (QbD) the development of analytical methods based on analytical quality by design (AQbD) and the use of vibrational spectroscopy for pharmaceutical development and troubleshooting. Márcia Cristina Breitkreitz has worked as Professor in the Chemistry Institute of the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) since 2014, coordinating the Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Research and Chemometrics (LabFarQui).
