PhD student (f/m) at ILL, Grenoble, France: Development of a SAXS/SANS/PCS analysis software for drug delivery systems
You will develop, implement, test, and apply a robust fully automated AI assisted SAXS/SANS/PCS data evaluation software which will allow for an effective analysis of the complex mesoscopic structure of lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for parenteral drug delivery. Such systems are currently being intensively developed worldwide and undergoing clinical trials (e.g. mRNA delivery). However, knowledge of the structure-function relationships of those but also corresponding systems that are already available on the market is very limited. You will closely work together with another PhD student (located at FAU) who will work on self-prepared but also commercially available drug-free and drug-loaded LNP dispersions and, beside other methods, perform SAXS/SANS/PCS experimental studies.