Dr. David Klein Cerrejon
Dr. David Klein Cerrejon
Staff of Professorship for Drug Formulation and Delivery
ETH Zürich
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Research area
Bioinspired devices for buccal delivery of macromolecular drugs
2020 – present
Bioinspired devices for buccal delivery of macromolecular drugs
Co-Founder: Transire Bio
PhD student in Drug Formulation and Delivery
Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland
Publication:
Luo, Z., Klein Cerrejon, D., Römer, S., Zoratto, N., & Leroux, J. C. (2023). Boosting systemic absorption of peptides with a bioinspired buccal-stretching patch. Science Translational Medicine, 15(715), eabq1887.
Awards:
- MaP Graduate Symposium 22
- Swiss Pharma Science Day 22
- Merck Sharp and Dohme Graduate Research Advances in Delivery Sciences 22
- Spark-Award 22 - Top 20 Inventions
- polyPitch 23 Winner - Pitch competition with "Transire Bio"
2019
Master Thesis “Selective formaldehyde detection with a handheld detector in indoor air”
Particle Technology Laboratory/ Prof. Dr. S.E. Pratsinis
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland
Award: DAAD PROMOS-Scholarship - German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Publication: van den Broek, J., Cerrejon, D. K., Pratsinis, S. E., & Güntner, A. T. (2020). Selective formaldehyde detection at ppb in indoor air with a portable sensor. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 399, 123052.
2016 – 2019
Master of Science in Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
University of Tuebingen, Germany
Award: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Excellence Scholarship
2018
Research Scholar “Investigating NO2 sensing properties with flame-made WO3 nanoparticles”
Particle Technology Laboratory/ Prof. Dr. S.E. Pratsinis
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), Switzerland
Award: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Excellence Scholarship for Visiting Research Project
Publication: Abegg, S., Klein Cerrejon, D., Güntner, A. T., & Pratsinis, S. E. (2020). Thickness optimization of highly porous flame-aerosol deposited WO3 films for NO2 sensing at ppb. Nanomaterials, 10(6), 1170.
2017
Research Scholar “Dynamic mechanical manipulation of polymeric nanofibers and stem cell response”
Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering/ Prof. PhD J.K. Pokorski
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (OH), USA
Award: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Excellence Scholarship for Visiting Research Project
2015
Bachelor Thesis “Method development and evaluation of capillary coatings for isoelectric focusing“
Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry/ Prof. C. Dr. Huhn
University of Tuebingen, Germany
2012 – 2015
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
University of Tuebingen, Germany
Honours
| Year | Distinction |
|---|---|
| 2022 | MaP Poster Prize - MaP Graduate Symposium - ETH Zurich |
| 2022 | Swiss Pharma Science Day 22 - Best Poster Award - Sponsord by pharmazeutische Gesellschaft Zürich (Pharm.G.Z.) |
| 2022 | Merck Sharp and Dohme Graduate Research Advances in Delivery Sciences Award - Controlled Release Society Meeting 22 in Montreal |
| 2022 | Top 20 Inventions - Spark Award - ETH Zurich |
| 2020 | DAAD-PROMOS Scholarship for Master Thesis (German Academic Exchange Service) |
| 2015 | Scholarship of excellence by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - Complete Master Program |
Additional information
Co-Founder
Mach Schule e.V.
Publications:
Publication:
Luo, Z., Klein Cerrejon, D., Römer, S., Zoratto, N., & Leroux, J. C. (2023). Boosting systemic absorption of peptides with a bioinspired buccal-stretching patch. Science Translational Medicine, 15(715), eabq1887.
Van den Broek, J., Klein Cerrejon, D., Pratsinis, S. E., & Güntner, A. T. (2020). Selective formaldehyde detection at ppb in indoor air with a portable sensor. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 123052.
Abegg, S., Klein Cerrejon, D., Güntner, A. T., & Pratsinis, S. E. (2020). Thickness Optimization of Highly Porous Flame-Aerosol Deposited WO3 Films for NO2 Sensing at ppb. Nanomaterials, 10(6), 1170.