Dr Ruiz graduated in Biochemistry from the University of Havana, Cuba. She completed her PhD in Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at the Autonomous University of Madrid. Her PhD research project focused on developing magnetic nanoparticles for different biotechnological and biomedical applications. Previously, Dr Ruiz held different postdoctoral positions across Cuba and Europe. In 2014 she joined the Centre for Advanced Studies in Cuba to investigate novel formulations of iron oxide nanoparticles and their toxicological evaluation in different in vitro and in vivo models. In 2016, she joined the University of East Anglia in Norwich as Senior Research Associate (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow) to work in the DNA-TRAP EU funded project to develop a range of antimicrobial nanoformulations and assess their therapeutic efficacy in in vitro models. Later, she moved to the Molecular and Cellular Biology Institute in Strasbourg to be part of the Graphene Flagship project, the European Union's biggest scientific research initiative, to assess the pharmacological behaviour of different graphene-based materials and their innovative application in cancer treatment. In November 2018, she started at the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s University Belfast, where her research was focused on the development of smart nanocarriers for targeted cancer therapy, as well as engineering novel nanoformulations to detect and treat aggressive metastatic prostate cancer. Currently, Dr Ruiz’s research focuses on the fabrication of multifunctional nanomaterials to target cancer and other diseases, developing novel nanomedicines for combinatory therapy and theragnostic applications and the safety evaluation of these nanomaterials applied to human health. Her long-term research career objective is to facilitate the translation of nanoparticle-based therapeutics from the lab to the clinic.
I'm always open to PhD applications in the field of Nanomedicine, drug
delivery systems, smart nanomaterials, nanotoxicology, hyperthermia,
photothermal, photodynamic therapy, combination therapies and theragnostic
applications
Silvia Gómez-Pastor, Auréane Maugard, Harriet R. Walker, Jacobo Elies, Kaja E. Børsum, Giulia Grimaldi, Giacomo Reina, Amalia Ruiz (2025) Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 249
Philip Drake, ORCID logo *a Ilma Amalina, ORCID logo b Retno Sari, ORCID logo c Amalia Ruiz, ORCID logo d Saliha Ramazan,a Gordon Hope,a Dharmisthaben Pancholia and Andang Miatmoko ORCID logo (2025) Soft Matter., 6197-6206.
Zayne Knight;Amalia Ruiz;Jacobo Elies (2025) Journal Of Functional Biomaterials. 16
Hafiza Javeria Khalid, Sobia Khan, Danyaal Hussain, Amarachi Obinyima, Clara Pina, Harriet Rose Walker, Yolanda Pérez, Stuart Fox, Jacobo Elies, María José Gómara, Isabel Haro, Amalia Ruiz (2024) Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 102
Abdullahi Magaji Dauda,Thomas Swift, Richard Telford, Hend A. A. Abd El-waha, Chhanda Charan Danta, Klaus Pors and Amalia Ruiz (2024) RSC Pharmaceutics.
Andrea Ferreras, Ana Matesanz, Jabier Mendizabal, Koldo Artola, Yuta Nishina, Pablo Acedo, José L. Jorcano, Amalia Ruiz, Giacomo Reina, Cristina Martín (2024) ACS Nanoscience Au. 4, 263-272.
Víctor Vázquez-Villar;Chandrima Das;Tom Swift;Jacobo Elies;Juan Tolosa;Joaquín C. García-Martínez;Amalia Ruiz (2024) Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 670
Das C;Martín C;Habermann S;Walker HR;Iqbal J;Elies J;Jones HS;Reina G;Ruiz A; (2023) International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25
Giacomo Reina, Amalia Ruiz, Barbara Richichi, Giacomo Biagiotti, Gina E Giacomazzo, Lucas Jacquemin, Yuta Nishina, Cécilia Ménard-Moyon, Wafa T Al-Jamal and Alberto Bianco (2022) 2d Materials. 9
Silva VL;Ruiz A;Ali A;Pereira S;Seitsonen J;Ruokolainen J;Furlong F;Coulter J;Al-Jamal WT; (2021) International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 607
Ma G;Severic M;Barker M;Pereira S;Ruiz A;Cheung CCL;Al-Jamal WT; (2021) Acta Biomaterialia. 134
Ma G;Kostevšek N;Monaco I;Ruiz A;Markelc B;Cheung CCL;Hudoklin S;Kreft ME;Hassan HAFM;Barker M;Conyard J;Hall C;Meech S;Mayes AG;Serša I;Čemažar M;Marković K;Ščančar J;Franchini MC;Al-Jamal WT; (2021) Journal of Controlled Release. 332
Severic M.;Ma G.;Pereira S.G.T.;Ruiz A.;Cheung C.C.L.;Al-Jamal W.T. (2021) Journal of Controlled Release. 330, 101-110.
Cheung C.C.L.;Ma G.;Ruiz A.;Al-Jamal W.T. (2020) Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2020
Ruiz A.;Ma G.;Seitsonen J.;Pereira S.G.T.;Ruokolainen J.;Al-Jamal W.T. (2020) Journal of Controlled Release. 328, 665-678.
Eloy JO;Ruiz A;de Lima FT;Petrilli R;Raspantini G;Nogueira KAB;Santos E;de Oliveira CS;Borges JC;Marchetti JM;Al-Jamal WT;Chorilli M; (2020) Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 194
McCalmont A.S.;Ruiz A.;Lagunas M.C.;Al-Jamal W.T.;Crawford D.E. (2020) ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 8, 15243-15249.
Montis C;Joseph P;Magnani C;Marín-Menéndez A;Barbero F;Estrada AR;Nepravishta R;Angulo J;Checcucci A;Mengoni A;Morris CJ;Berti D; (2020) Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 195
Ruiz A.;Lucherelli M.A.;Murera D.;Lamon D.;Ménard-Moyon C.;Bianco A. (2020) Carbon. 170, 347-360.
Ruiz A.;Martín C.;Reina G. (2021)