Mr Muhamad Hawari Mansor

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Division of Clinical Medicine, working at the interface of microfluidics, bio-inspired nanomedicine, and cancer therapy. My research focuses on engineering advanced drug-delivery systems, from lipid nanoparticles and silk fibroin formulations to sustainable materials derived from food-waste such as bacterial cellulose, pectin and starch.

During my PhD, I co-developed a microfluidic manufacturing platform for tunable nanoparticle production, which I continue to advance through mechanistic studies, formulation optimisation and translational applications. My current PDRA role centres on magnetotactic bacteria (“magnetobots”) as next-generation precision cancer therapeutics.

I work across in vitro models, in vivo systems, and physico-chemical characterisation pipelines, while supervising postgraduate students and supporting collaborative projects across materials science, oncology, and drug delivery. I also serve as a Director and CTO of NANOncolytics Ltd, a University of Sheffield spinout developing microfluidics-enabled delivery technologies for biologics.