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PostDoc___________________________________________________________________

PhD STUDENTS______________________________________________________________

Vildan Demirtaş (MSc.).

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2024-2027)
(February 2026- January 2029)
Lab: +39(0)722303338

Matteo Grandoni (MSc.)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology
Dottorato Innovativo Regione Marche in collaborazione con azienda Ataena
(November 2025 – October 2028)
Lab: +39(0)722303338

Direct powder extrusion 3D printing of a polyhydroxybutyrate-based dual-release drug delivery device for dental therapy

Marco Carnaroli (MSc.)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology
Dottorato Innovativo Regione Marche in collaborazione con azienda Idrofoglia
(November 2025- October 2028)
Lab: +39(0)722303338

Azzurra Saudelli (MSc.)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2024-2027)
Dottorato Innovativo Regione Marche in collaborazione con azienda Angelini Pharma
Lab: +39(0)722303338

Valeria Martina Panetta (MSc.)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2024-2027)
Dottorato Innovativo Regione Marche in collaborazione con azienda Cariaggi

Lab: +39(0)722303338

Giulia Bucciarelli (MSc.)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2024-2027)

Lab: +39(0)722303338

Scalable microfluidic fabrication of optimized phospholipid nanocarriers for enhanced topical bioavailability: analytical QbD integration and ex vivo skin permeation assessment

Essa Mohamed Labib Magdy Manar (MSc.)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2023-2026)

Lab: +39(0)722303338

Ana Filipa Vinhas Agostinho Matos (MSc.)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2023-2026)

Lab: +39(0)722303338

Optimized microfluidic blow spinning process for single-step manufacturing of crosslinked chitosan nanofilaments using a quality-by-design approach

Costanza Fratini (MSc.)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2023-2026)

Lab: +39(0)722303338

Nanoemulsion-based strategy for azithromycin administration in pediatrics

Direct powder extrusion 3D printing of a polyhydroxybutyrate-based dual-release drug delivery device for dental therapy

3D Printing of Azithromycin Loaded Gummies for Paediatric Patients Using a Carrageenan-Based Thermoresponsive System

3D-Printed Chewable Gummies: A Customizable Approach to Formulate Propranolol in the Paediatric Population

Structural insights into novel coamorphous systems of azithromycin with faster dissolution profile

Innovative bilayered buccal films: a paediatric-friendly dosage form for transmucosal azithromycin delivery

Combining innovation and sustainable development in the 3D printing manufacturing of drug delivery and testing devices

3D-printed chewable gummy tablets: a new tool for oral amoxicillin administration in paediatric population

Direct Powder Extrusion (DPE) 3D-Printing of mini-tablets for preclinical studies in rodents

Combining Microfluidics and Coaxial 3D-Bioprinting for the Manufacturing of Diabetic Wound Healing Dressings

VISITING STUDENTS______________________________________________________________

ALUMNI

Rania Morsi

Research fellow
(August 2025 – May 2026)

Asma Chebahi (MSc.)

Ph.D. student in Microbial Biotechnology
National School of Biotechnology (ENSB) Taoufik Khaznadar
Ali Mendjeli University City – Constantine, Algeria
(January – April 2026)

Ana Catarina Severanio (MSc.)

Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon (Portugal)
(March-April 2025)

Vildan Demirtaş (MSc.).

Mersin University Faculty of Pharmacy
Istanbul,Türkiye (Turkey)
(September 2024 – May 2025)

Beatrice Sabbatini

Research fellow
(April 2024-April 2025)

Innovative bilayered buccal films: a paediatric-friendly dosage form for transmucosal azithromycin delivery

Giorgia Maurizii (MSc.)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2021-2024)

“New frontiers in transdermal delivery and wound healing: advancing drug delivery systems via microfluidics, 3D printing, and solution blow-spinning”

Employed as Formulation Scientist at Tetra Pharm Technologies (Denmark)

The dark side of the wool? From wool wastes to keratin microfilaments through the solution blow spinning process

Non-invasive peptides delivery using chitosan nanoparticles assembled via scalable microfluidic technology

Microfluidic manufacturing of Tioconazole loaded keratin nanocarriers: development and optimization by Design of Experiments

3D-printed EVA-based patches manufactured by direct powder extrusion for personalized transdermal therapies

Shiva Khorshid (MSc.)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2020-2023)

“An experimental framework for manufacturing nanomedicine via custom-made 3D-printed microfluidics”

Employed as Post Doc at RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY (Germany)

One‐step microfluidic manufactured fucose‐decorated sweetosomes choose the time and the road for their intracellular journey to cancer treatment

Microfluidic manufacturing of Tioconazole loaded keratin nanocarriers: development and optimization by Design of Experiments

3D-printed EVA-based patches manufactured by direct powder extrusion for personalized transdermal therapies

A microfluidic approach to fabricate sucrose decorated liposomes with increased uptake in breast cancer cells

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate): a potential biodegradable excipient for direct 3D printing of pharmaceuticals

Sofia Moroni (MSc.)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2020-2023)

“Disruption through innovation: 3D printing, a revolution in the pharmaceutical field”

Funded by POR Marche FSE 2014/2020

Employed as Formulation Scientist at Novo Nordisk (Denmark)

Combining innovation and sustainable development in the 3D printing manufacturing of drug delivery and testing devices

Direct Powder Extrusion (DPE) 3D-Printing of mini-tablets for preclinical studies in rodents

Biomimetic platelet-cloaked nanoparticles for the delivery of anti-inflammatory curcumin in the treatment of atherosclerosis

Non-invasive peptides delivery using chitosan nanoparticles assembled via scalable microfluidic technology

Influence of permeability enhancers on in vitro peptides delivery through STRAT-M® membranes

Combining Microfluidics and Coaxial 3D-Bioprinting for the Manufacturing of Diabetic Wound Healing Dressings

Efficacy of UV and UV-LEDs irradiation models for microbial inactivation applicable to automated sterile drug compounding

4D printed multipurpose smart implants for breast cancer management

3D printing fabrication of Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate (EVA) based intravaginal rings for antifungal therapy

3D-printed EVA-based patches manufactured by direct powder extrusion for personalized transdermal therapies

A microfluidic approach to fabricate sucrose decorated liposomes with increased uptake in breast cancer cells

3D and 4D printing in the fight against breast cancer

Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate): a potential biodegradable excipient for direct 3D printing of pharmaceuticals

Francis Luciano (PhD)

International PhD student from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (March-June 2023)

Javier Vicente Jiménez Núñez (MSc.)

Erasmus + Trainee (April-June 2022)

Mattia Tiboni (PhD)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2018-2021)

“The revolutionary technology of 3D printing in the pharmaceutical field”

ResearchGate / Linkedin / ORCiD / Twitter / Google Scholar

e-mail: mattia.tiboni@uniurb.it

2019 – Best poster award XIII A.It.U.N. Meeting, 13-14 June 2019
2019 – Awarded with the “Leonardo Da Vinci” grant by CRUI-MIUR.

Francesca Biondo (PhD)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2016-2019)

“Design and development of novel biocompatible nanosystems for drug delivery“

ResearchGate / Linkedin

Luca Mancini (MSc.)

Research fellow (March 2019-September 2019)

Luca Pierucci (MSc.)

Research fellow (September 2017-May 2018)

Laura Fagioli (PhD)

PhD student in Pharmaceutical Technology (2014-2017)

“Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of new materials for pharmaceutical applications”

ResearchGate / Linkedin