Deli Mária

Mária Deli is a Research Professor and group leader at the Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Hungary. She is an honorary professor at the University of Szeged and a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

• Education: MD, Szent-Györgyi Albert Medical School (1988); PhD in blood-brain barrier research (1996); Dr. habil. (2011); DSc (2013)

Her research focuses on biological barrier dysfunction in diseases, drug delivery via tight junction modulation, and nanoparticle-based targeted delivery across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). She pioneered a patented triple co-culture BBB model and is developing microfluidic chip devices integrated with brain organoids for Parkinson's disease studies.

Key trends in her publications include BBB modeling, nanoparticle drug delivery, tight junction modulation, and microfluidic lab-on-a-chip systems. Her work bridges neuroscience, pharmacology, and bioengineering.

• Scientific awards: János Bolyai Fellowship, JSPS fellowship, Hungarian Academy of Sciences awards, and multiple mentoring accolades
• Grants: TEVA, Richter Gedeon Pharmaceutical Ltd., and international collaborations

She has mentored graduate/PhD students and leads multidisciplinary research teams in Szeged, Hungary.