Speaker: 

Prof. Twan Lammers, Professor at RWTH Aachen. 

Tittle: Smart Cancer Nanomedicine

Time: 9:30 January 14th, 2026 (Wednesday)

Venue: Conference Room 6, Building No.5

Host: Prof. Huan Meng

Info.:

Twan Lammers obtained a D.Sc. in Radiation Oncology from Heidelberg University in 2008 and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Technology from Utrecht University in 2009. In the same year, he started the Nanomedicine and Theranostics group at RWTH Aachen University. In 2014, he was promoted to full professor of medicine at RWTH Aachen University Clinic. His group aims to individualize and improve disease treatment by combining drug targeting with imaging. To this end, image-guided (theranostic) drug delivery systems are being developed, as well as materials and methods to monitor tumor growth, angiogenesis, inflammation, fibrosis and metastasis. He has received multiple scholarships and awards, including ERC starting, consolidator and proof-of-concept grants, and the CRS Young Investigator and Exceptional Leadership Awards. He was president of the Controlled Release Society in 2024 and currently serves as secretary of the European Society for Molecular Imaging. He has published > 350 papers (h-index = 101) and has been included in the Clarivate Analytics list of Highly Cited Researchers since 2019. He is on the editorial board of 10 journals, and acts as associate editor for JCR, DDTR and MIB.