Vesa Kopliku studied Pharmacy at the University of Medicine Tirana, Albania, and obtained her Master’s degree in 2025. During the final semester of her studies, she joined the HIPS as an Erasmus+ exchange student, where she conducted her Master’s thesis in the Department of Drug Delivery Across Biological Barriers under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Claus-Michael Lehr. Her work focused on the storage stability of lipid-based gene carriers undergoing freeze-drying.

Since September 2025, she has continued in Prof. Lehr’s group as a PhD student. Her research is dedicated to the development of next-generation lipid nanoparticle (LNP) platforms with improved stability for the delivery of nucleic acid therapeutics and innovative drug candidates, with the aim of enabling more robust, effective and accessible treatments in advanced drug and gene delivery.