Blerina Shkodra, PhD in

Blerina Shkodra, PhD

Critic · DISC type C
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.

There is no publicly available information regarding Blerinas personal life or hobbies.

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
Personality Overview

How Blerina shows up

Precise
Objective Thinker
Critic

They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms. They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often. They prefer to analyze logically and value objective facts over emotions.

Priorities

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
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

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