# Pieter Cullis

> Pieter Cullis pioneered lipid nanoparticle delivery systems that enable mRNA vaccines and RNA therapeutics. His decades of work on lipid biophysics made possible the delivery technology behind COVID-19 mRNA vaccines and several approved gene-silencing drugs.

*Source: [https://selltoscientists.com/researchers/pieter-cullis/](https://selltoscientists.com/researchers/pieter-cullis/)*

**Institution:** University of British Columbia
**Field:** Biochemistry
**H-index:** 100
**Publications:** 380
**Grants:** 40
**Patents:** 70
**ORCID:** `0000-0001-9586-2526`

## Industry collaborations

- Acuitas Therapeutics
- Precision NanoSystems
- Genevant Sciences