Paulina Skupin-Mrugalska is an Associate Professor at Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland. In 2022, she was awarded a scholarship for outstanding young scientists by the Minister of Education and Science, one of the most prestigious recognitions for young scientists in Poland.
She obtained her M.Sc. (2009), Ph.D. (2014) and habilitation (2022) in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Poznan University of Medical Sciences. In the meantime, she worked as a junior pharmacist at the oncology unit of the hospital pharmacy Lord's Transfiguration Clinical Hospital in Poznan, Poland. In 2010 and 2012, Paulina joined a research group led by Prof. Nejat Düzgünes, University of Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry (San Francisco, CA, USA) as a young visiting researcher, where she started her research in the field of liposomal technology. In 2013, Paulina was appointed a member of the Faculty of Pharmacy, PUMS (Poland). She was a visiting researcher at the University of Southern Denmark, Professor Martin Brandl's group (2018) and a post-doctoral fellow at Professor Tamara Minko's lab at Rutgers University, USA (2019/2020 and 2023). In 2024, she initiated and established the Controlled Release Society Poland Local Chapter and was appointed the President of the CRS Poland Local Chapter. She is a member of the Controlled Release Society and Phospholipid Research Center. She managed several research projects financed by the National Science Centre, the National Centre for Research and Development, and the Phospholipid Research Center. Paulina was a supervisor of several Master's students, auxiliary supervisor of one PhD (completed), and now supervises three PhD candidates.
Paulina is an enthusiastic professional searching for academia and industry opportunities, collaboration, and common initiatives. Her recent research focus involves enabling formulations for oral and parenteral delivery, phospholipid-based drug delivery, theranostic liposomes, RNA delivery technologies based on Lipid Nanoparticles (LNP) and their biological interfaces.
