University of Regensburg, Germany
Lecture Title: The need for nanomaterials with high target specificity and avidityAchim Goepferich is Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Regensburg in Germany where he is head of the Pharmaceutical Technology group. His research interests are in the field of drug delivery, biomaterials and nanomaterials for therapeutic and diagnostic applications. He earned his PhD from the University of Heidelberg for his work on transdermal drug delivery. After his graduation he was a post doctoral fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT working on biodegradable materials and polymer erosion. In the years to follow he held positions as a visiting scientist in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT, the Department of Bioengineering at Rice University in Houston, the Wyss Institute at Harvard University and as a research associate in the Department of Pharmaceutics at the University of Erlangen, Germany. Currently his research focus is on the intersection between pharmaceutical sciences, biology and material sciences. With his research he tries to understand how cells interact with materials and how we can use this information for the rational design of materials that deliver drugs more efficiently than existing technology.