Florence Müller

Florence is an SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech, where she works on biolistic ocular drug delivery. Her research aims to design multilayered particles that are dense enough to penetrate the corneal epithelium, yet sufficiently porous to encapsulate active agents for sustained release.

She completed her PhD in Materials Science at ETH Zurich under the supervision of Prof. Jan Vermant. Her doctoral research focused on the influence of colloidal surface roughness and morphology on the microscopic dynamics and macroscopic rheology of gels under shear. As a foundation for these studies, she developed a modular, thermoreversible colloidal gel system using click-like chemistry.

Florence holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering. She conducted her Master's thesis in Prof. Robert Langer's laboratory at MIT, in collaboration with Prof. Owen Fenton, where she worked on 3D bioprinting of two-component hydrogels.