Yoon Yeo, Ph.D., Professor of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, Professor of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy)
Post-doctoral associates
Fanfei Meng, Ph.D.
Yun-Chu Chen, Ph.D.
Sheryhan Ahmed, Ph.D.
Woojun Kim, Ph.D.
Visiting sholar
Nhu Ky Ly (Nanomed consortium, EU)
Karen Gutierrez (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia)
Graduate students
Soonbum Kwon, Pharm.D. (IPPH 17)
Jianping (Jennifer) Wang (IPPH 18)
Dhawal Chobisa (IPPH 18)
Hytham Gadalla (IPPH 19)
Yanying He (IPPH 21)
Yongzhe Li (IPPH 21)
Undergraduate/Pharm.D. students
Austin Ignatovich (Pre-pharm, 20F, 21S, 21F): Worked with Sheryhan Ahmed, working with Yun-chu Chen
Joseph Keller (Biochemistry, 21S, 21F): Working with Sheryhan Ahmed
Boyang Dong (Pre-pharm, 21S-21Su, 21F): working with Soonbum Kwon
Sota Shishikura (Pre-pharm, 21Su, 21F): Working with Yun-chu Chen
Minghui Deng (P2, 21F): Working with Hytham Gadalla
Trevor Sargent (BME, 22S): Working with Jennifer Wang
Alumni
Graduate students
Zohreh Amoozgar, Ph.D.: October 2007 - December 2011. (Thesis: Bioadhesive polymeric drug delivery systems for tumor targeting and tissue repair) Post-doc @ Mass General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
Emily Gullotti, Ph.D.: January 2008 - May 2012. (Thesis: Peritumorally activatable nanoparticles for delivery of paclitaxel to multidrug resistant ovarian cancer cells) Sr. Research Scientist @ Merck.
Basma Ibrahim, Ph.D.: August 2008 - May 2012. (Thesis: Development of inhalable macromolecule delivery for local treatment of pulmonary diseases) Sr. Research Scientist @ Fresenius Kabi-USA.
Hillary Holback, Ph.D.: August 2009 - May 2013. (Thesis: The cytotoxic effect of nanoparticles delivered to the periphery of 3-dimensional tumor models) FDA.
Karen Liu, Ph.D.: January 2010 - May 2014. (Thesis: pH-Activatable Nanoparticles for Tumor-Specific Drug Delivery) Sr. Research Scientist @ Fresenius Kabi-USA.
Sara Abouelmagd, Ph.D.: January 2012 - December 2015. (Thesis: Drug Delivery to Solid Tumors via Polymeric Nanoparticles) Lecturer @ Assiut University, Egypt.
Bo Sun, Ph.D.: October 2011 - May 2016. (Thesis: Nanoparticle depot for intraperitoneal chemotherapy of ovarian cancer) Research assistant professor @ University of Arizona.
Hyesun Hyun, Ph.D.: October 2012-May 2017 (Thesis: Surface Modification of Polymer Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery to Solid Tumors) Post-doc @ Yeo Lab, Purdue.
Jun Xu, Ph.D. (PULSe 13 - May 2018) (Thesis: Endothelial selectin-targeted nanoparticles for enhancing drug delivery to solid tumors) Merck
Joonyoung Park, Pharm.D., Ph.D. (IPPH 14 - May 2018) (Thesis: Nanoparticles with high drug loading and circulation stability for systemic delivery of anticancer drugs) Samyang Biopharm, Korea.
Yihua Pei, Ph.D. (IPPH 13 - July 2018) (Thesis: Particle engineering for intracellular delivery of antibiotics) Arcturus Therapeutics, San Diego
Maie Taha, Ph.D. (IPPH 15 - May 2019) (Thesis: Development of nanoparticles with high drug loading capacity and circulation stability) Assistant Professor @ Cairo University, Egypt
Simseok Andrew Yuk (IPPH 15 - July 2020) (Thesis: Development of a lipopolysaccharide antagonist for the treatment of sepsis) Post-doc @ Yeo lab
Post-docs; Visiting scholars
Jeong Ho Park, Ph.D. (Professor, Hanbat National University, Korea): Visiting scholar 2007 summer
Min Feng, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China): Jan.2010 - June 2010.
Yang Chun Park, O.M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Oriental Internal Medicine, Daejeon University, Korea): Aug. 2009 - July 2010.
Yan Yang, Ph.D.: September 2007 - August 2010. Associate Professor of Life Sciences, Jilin University, China.
Gaurav Bajaj, Ph.D. (Oregon State University, 2008): August 2009 - June 2011. Sr. Research Investigator at Bristol-Meyrs Squibb.
Hae-Yun (Harrison) Choi, O.M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Department of Oriental Medicine, Daegu Haany Univ., Korea): September 2011-July 2012.
Hannah Lee, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech., GA): January 2012 - February 2013; March 2014 - February 2015.
Eun Jung Cho, Ph.D. (Seoul National University, Korea): May 2011 - February 2013.
Kyung-Oh (Kevin) Doh, M.D., Ph.D. (Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Korea): Feb. 2012-Jan. 2014
