Fulbright Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher (2026)
Maria Mendes is a Fulbright Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher in the Mitragotri Lab at Harvard University. She earned her PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, specializing in Pharmaceutical Technology, from the University of Coimbra in 2022. Her research focuses on the design and development of advanced drug delivery systems, particularly nanomedicine-based strategies for cancer therapy, with an emphasis on glioblastoma. Her expertise spans lipid- and polymer-based nanocarriers, targeted drug delivery, and preclinical evaluation of innovative therapeutic approaches. At the Mitragotri Lab, her research focuses on engineering macrophage-associated drug delivery platforms to modulate the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment and enhance antitumor immune responses.
