Dr. Müge Molbay

Dr. Müge Molbay (Postdoc)

Since January 2024 Postdoc, LMU Munich
2023- 2024 Staff Scientist, Institute of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Helmholtz Zentrum München
2019: Visiting PhD Researcher, Material Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA
2018-2023: PhD student in Medical School, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
2014-2018 MSc in Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical Faculty, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
2009 - 2014 Bsc in Molecular Biology and Genetics, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey

Moritz Marschhofer, Siyu Chen, Müge Molbay, Benjamin Winkeljann, Ersilia Villano, Corinne Giancaspro, Alexandra Kourou, Otto Berninghausen, Susanne Rieder, Charlotte Ungewickell, Roland Beckmann, Bastian Popper, Ana Maria Torres, Anxo Vidal, Olivia M Merkel, Simone P Carneiro: Understanding excipient interactions unlocks untapped potential of RNA-lipid nanoparticles in dry powder formulations for local pulmonary delivery. 
J Control Release. 2026; 391:114607. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2026.114607

S. Rademacker, S. Carneiro, M. Molbay, F. Catapano, I. Forné, A. Imhof, R. Wibel, C. Heidecke, P. Hölig, O. Merkel, The impact of lipid compositions on siRNA and mRNA lipid nanoparticle performance for pulmonary delivery, European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2025, 107182, ISSN 0928-0987

F. Sieber-Schäfer, M. Jiang, A. Kromer, A. Nguyen, M. Molbay, S. Pinto Carneiro, D. Jürgens, G. Burgstaller, B. Popper, B. Winkeljann, O. M. Merkel, Machine Learning-Enabled Polymer Discovery for Enhanced Pulmonary siRNA Delivery. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2025, e02805.

S. Chen, A. Nguyen, J. T Müller, M. Molbay, A. Mehta, S. Sheshachala, K. Baskaya, N. Adams, S. P. Carneiro, O. M. Merkel*: Engineered-affibody conjugates contribute to the specific targeting and cellular retention of polyplexes in Erbb3 overexpressed lung cancer cells Eur J Pharm Sci 2025