Dr. Shaista Ilyas - Curriculum Vitae
Education and Professional Career
since 2026: Co-PI at the CMMC tandem project: Stimuli-Responsive Nanocarriers for Precision Drug Delivery and Tumor Microenvironment Remodeling
2023: BMBF bilateral research (GUC-UoC): Platelet Rich Electrospun Fibers (Cell-spin)
2022: DAAD-BMBF Funding Project (GUC-UoC): Therapeutic Efficiency of Silica Nanocarriers in Targeted Drug Delivery for Neurodegenerative Diseases (NEUROSIL)
2019-2020: DAAD-Bilateral Funding (Germany-Serbia): Bioconjugated Magnetic Nanoparticles Designed for Multimodal Cancer Therapy
02/2016-01/2017: Reintegration Postdoc. Scientists' Grant within the Excellence Initiative of the University of Cologne, Germany
2015: PhD, Inorganic Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany. Thesis title: Click- Functionalized Nanoprobes for Biomedical Applications
Awards, Distinctions and Scientific Activities
2024: Financial support for the implementation of the statutory equality mandate: MatChemConnect: Lab to Leadership – Challenges and Opportunities
2023: Recognition by American Chemical Society Publications, contributions to maintain high editorial standards
since 2021: Member of the Materials Research Society, USA, University of Cologne Chapter
since 2021: Member of the DGG Deutsche Glastechnische Gesellschaft
Editorial Contributions
Nano and Medical Materials: Section: Nano Drug Delivery