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Blerina Shkodra, PhD

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Head of Particle Science & Formulation Services at leon-nanodrugs
📍 Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Blerina Shkodra is the Head of Particle Science & Formulation Services at leon-nanodrugs, specializing in RNA-based drug products. Her expertise spans polymer and lipid nanoparticle development, previously contributing to CureVac’s mRNA-LNP COVID-19 vaccine. She holds a PhD in Drug Delivery and a Google Project Management certificate, leading teams in formulation and scalable manufacturing.

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Blerina is a frequent speaker at major international conferences, presenting on topics like scalable LNP manufacturing for future mRNA therapies.

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Experience
6 Years
Current Role
Head of Particle Science & Formulation Services
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Topics Blerina cares about

RNA/LNP Therapeutics
Her career is centered on managing and leading development projects for mRNA-based vaccines and therapies using lipid nanoparticles (LNPs).
Nanoparticle Formulation
She leads formulation, process optimization, and manufacturing of nanoparticle therapeutics and has co-authored multiple publications on nanocarriers.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Head of Particle Science & Formulation Services
leon-nanodrugs
5-2023 - 4-2025
Senior Lead Scientist, Process Development & Lab Manager
leon-nanodrugs
8-2022 - 5-2023
Lead Scientist, Product & Process Development
leon-nanodrugs
8-2021 - 7-2022
LNP Process Development Scientist
CureVac
2-2014 - 10-2016
Quality Assurance Specialist
Gentipharm Pharmaceuticals
In the press

Media appearances

LNP Formulation & Process Development Summit. Featured in Leon Nanodrugs Blog
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Education
2017 - 2021
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2013 - 2014
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
University of Greenwich
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