Alex Prossnitz
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Alex Prossnitz
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Polymer scientist and bioengineer applying fundamental soft matter principles to define, design, and deliver solutions to global health challenges.

Postdoc Appel Lab @Stanford | PhD Pun Lab @UW | Polymer Science BSE @Case
Excited to be attending #BMES2025 in San Diego! I'll be presenting our recent work formulating ultra-high concentration protein suspensions tomorrow morning at 9:30am! Or you can find me at the faculty candidate poster session Saturday afternoon!
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Reposted by Alex Prossnitz
Spray-dried microparticles with a stabilizing polymer excipient enable ultra-high protein concentration therapeutics for subcutaneous injection, and could expand home use of these critical pharmaceuticals.

Learn more in #ScienceTranslationalMedicine: https://scim.ag/4fVabSg
Ultrahigh-concentration biologic therapeutics enabled by spray drying with a glassy surfactant excipient
A copolymer excipient enables stable, ultrahigh-concentration protein formulations for subcutaneous injection.
scim.ag
August 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
So excited to share that our new approach to formulating ultra-high concentration biopharmaceuticals utilizing a glassy copolymer surfactant is out this week in Science Translational Medicine!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ultrahigh-concentration biologic therapeutics enabled by spray drying with a glassy surfactant excipient
A copolymer excipient enables stable, ultrahigh-concentration protein formulations for subcutaneous injection.
www.science.org
August 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I am honored to be selected as a Rising Star in Soft and Biological Matter and can’t wait for the virtual symposium this week (December 11/12th) to hear from this amazing line up of speakers! If you want to virtually attend register here mrsec.uchicago.edu/educational-...
Rising Stars symposium
The Rising Stars in Soft and Biological Matter Symposium, co-sponsored by UChicago and the University of California San Diego MRSECs, provides a platform for exceptional early-career soft and biologic...
mrsec.uchicago.edu
December 10, 2024 at 1:49 AM
So excited to introduce myself to this community and announce I'm officially on the faculty job market this year! Please don't hesitate to reach out if you are interested in connecting about polymer science, drug delivery, biomaterials, immunoengineering, and global health!
November 26, 2024 at 9:30 PM