Hulya Bayraktutan is a postdoctoral researcher in Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge. Previously, she was a PhD researcher at the University of Nottingham’s School of Pharmacy, having earlier completed her Masters in Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Sciences from the same institution. Her research focuses on the development of biodegradable polymer nanoparticles for advanced gene and vaccine delivery to different in vitro and in vivo models. Her research interests also include development of controlled released systems for a range of drug and gene delivery nanomedicine applications.