Avi Schroeder

Education**: Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT; with Institute Professor Robert Langer, 2012

PhD: Chemical Engineering, BGU, Israel; with Prof. Joseph Kost and Yechezkel Barenholz (Hebrew University), 2009

MSc: Chemical Engineering, BGU, Israel; with Prof. Joseph Kost and Yechezkel Barenholz (Hebrew University), 2005

BSc: Chemical Engineering, Ben Gurion University, Israel, 2003

Nano Main Field: Our research group is aimed at improving patients’ quality of life and bettering their treatment by developing innovative medical technologies. 

Specifically, we will focus on targeting metastatic cancer with nanotechnology, and on constructing miniature medical devices that couple diagnosis to therapy (theranostic devices). 

Research Interests

Targeted drug delivery

Personalized medicine

Theranostics

Autonomous therapeutic swimmers

Miniature medical devices