The core activity of the department is the design and pre-clinical testing of tailor-made drug delivery systems for site-specific, time- and/or rate-controlled delivery of small molecular weight drugs, therapeutic proteins, nucleic acids (including DNA and siRNA), and antigens for therapy and prevention of life-threatening diseases such as cancer, inflammation and infectious diseases.
Research focus
Prof. dr. Enrico Mastrobattista
Delivery systems for advanced therapies & vaccines
Prof. dr. ir. Tina Vermonden
Biomaterials for Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine
Prof. dr. Robbert Jan Kok
Drug Delivery Technology
Dr. Rene van Nostrum
Nanoparticles Engineering for Drug Delivery
Dr. Sabrina Oliveira
Molecular Targeted Therapies
Dr. Massimiliano Caiazzo
Cell-based Therapy
Dr. Olivier de Jong
Extracellular Vesicle-mediated Delivery
Dr. Bas van Ravensteijn
Polymeric and Colloidal Pharmaceutics
Dr. Julian Quodbach
Manufacturing of personalized medicines
Prof. dr. ir. Wim Hennink
Polymeric Drug Delivery Systems, Retired
Prof. dr. Gert Storm
Targeted Nanomedicine, Retired
