Postdoctoral Fellowship in Stimuli-Responsive Drug Delivery Devices

You will be working in a multicultural and multi-disciplinary group, where junior and senior scientists collaborate, each with their expertise, to carry out a scientific activity with a shared research goal. The successful candidate will work primarily in the Nanotechnology for Precision Medicine research unit under the supervision of Prof. Paolo Decuzzi. This position offers the candidate a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of different disciplines, including bioengineering, polymer science, nanotechnology, drug delivery, and translational medicine. The fellow will be involved in the design, fabrication, physicochemical characterization, and in-vitro validation of biodegradable and/or biocompatible polymer-based drug delivery devices capable of programmed shape transformation in response to external or physiological stimuli. These systems will be developed for minimally invasive implantation, localized therapeutic delivery, and controlled release of small molecules, biologics, or combination therapies. The candidate will contribute to the optimization of device architecture, shape-memory behavior, mechanical properties, degradation profiles, drug loading efficiency, and release kinetics. The fellow will also work within a larger international network of research hospitals and clinical collaborators across Europe and the USA to finely design and engineer drug delivery systems that address specific clinical needs, anatomical constraints, and therapeutic requirements.