Previous Members

M.S. Graduates

Nancy L. KrinickPolymer Conjugates Containing Photosensitizable Bonds: 1. Photosensitizable Drugs 2. Photosensitizable Bonds1989
Yil Woong YiA Thermoplastic Biodegradable Hydrogel Based on Polylactide/PEG/Polylactide Triblock Copolymers1994
Kirk FowersDevelopment of a Fibrinolytic Surface: Specific and Nonspecific Interactions of Plasminogen1995
Peter R. HartDevelopment of HPMA Copolymer Conjugates for Delivery of a Photosensitizer1998
Chun WangDe Novo Design of Hybrid Hydrogels: Synthetic Polymers Crosslinked by Genetically Engineered Coiled-Coil Protein Domains1998
Richard LuDesign and Feasibility Study of Calcitonin and Polymeric Cathepsin K Inhibitor for Colon Delivery2000 
Christopher TullyAntibody mediated Control of Hydrogel Thermal Volume Phase Transitions2004
Weiwei YuanSmart Hydrogels Containing Adenylate Kinase: Translating Substrate Recognition into Macroscopic Motion2008
Stefan G. KrimmerSynthesis and In Vitro Characterization of PCL-PHPMA Polymeric Micelles for Drug Delivery (Degree: Diplom-Pharmazeut), Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. Germany
Mr. Krimmer was an Exchange Student within the Global Pharmaceutics Educational Network (GPEN)		2011
Sven LehsingSynthesis and In Vitro Evaluation of a Novel Inductor of B-Cell Apoptosis (Degree: Diplom-Pharmazeut), University of Jena, Germany
Mr. Lehsing was an Exchange Student within the GPEN		2011

Ph.D. Graduates

Hung-Reng Lin (Homer Yen)Optically Controlled Ligand Delivery1991
Helle BrøndstedHydrogels for Colonic Peptide Delivery1991
Nancy L KrinickCombination Polymer Drugs as Anticancer Agents1992
Ping-Yang YehBiodegradable Hydrogels for Colon-Specific Oral Delivery of Proteins1994
Hsin-Cheng ChiuInteractions for Macromolecules with Enzymes: Implications of the Development of Soluble Polymeric Drug Conjugates1994
David A. PutnamBiorecognizable Polymer Conjugates Containing 5-Fluorouracil for the Treatment of Colon Cancer1995
Hamid GhandehariOral Colon-specific Drug Delivery: Biodegradable Hydrogel System and Colonic Permeability Characteristics1996
Hui-Rong ShenContributions to the Study of the Mechanism of Photodynamic Crosslinking of Proteins1998
Jane-Guo ShiahPolymeric Anticancer Drugs: Design, Characterization and Activity toward Human Ovarian Carcinoma in Nude Mice1998
Susan WroblewskiBiorecognizable Lectin-HPMA Copolymer Conjugates: Design, Synthesis and Characterization 2000
Chun WangHybrid Hydrogels Assembled from Synthetic Polymers and Engineered Protein Domains2001
Ayelet DavidTargetable HPMA Copolymer Conjugates: Synthesis, Biorecognition, and Cytotoxicity in Human
Colon Adenocarcinoma and Hepatocarcinoma Cells, (co-mentored with Prof. Abraham Rubinstein), The
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel		2001
Keith JensenThe Internalization and Fate of HPMA Copolymers and Antisense – HPMA Copolymer Conjugates in Hep G2 Cells2002
Aijun TangA Lymphocyte-Targeting Polymeric Drug Delivery System Mediated by Receptor-Binding Epitopes: Design, Synthesis and Characterization2002
Monica TijerinaEvaluation of Cellular Responses to Photodynamic Therapy with HPMA Copolymer-Mce6 Conjugates in Human Ovarian Carcinoma Cells2002
Kirk FowersBiological Recognition as a Key to Treatment Specificity: from Complement Inhibition to Anti-P-Glycoprotein Targeting of Multidrug Resistant Carcinoma2002
Aparna NoriDesign, Synthesis and Evaluation of HPMA Copolytmers-TAT Conjugates as Potential Carriers for Drug Delivery2005
Chunyu XuProtein-based Hydrogels Self-assembled from genetically Engineered Triblock Polypeptides Containing Coiled-Coil Domains2006
Hui DingIdentification of Peptides Targeting CD21 Receptor and Investigation of the Binding of HPMA Copolymer-Peptide Conjugates2006
Vaikunth CuchelkarStrategies for Enhancing the Photodynamic Effect of N-(2-Hydroxypropyl)methacylamide Copolymer Bound Mesochlorin e62008
Padmanabh ChivukulaDesign, Synthesis and Evaluation of Biodegradable Hydrogels and Novel Polymeric Nanocarriers for the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer2008
Songqi GaoColon-Specific Delivery of HPMA Copolymer-9-Aminocamptothecin Conjugates for the Treatment of Colon Cancer2008
Jarunee HongrapipatBinary Combinations of HPMA Copolyme Bound Anticancer Drug Conjugates, (co-mentored with Prof. Sompol Prakongpan), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand2008
Russell JohnsonMultivalent Strategies Targeting the B-cell Antigen CD202009
Kuangshi WuMolecular Biorecognition of Coiled-Coil Motifs in the Construction of Hybrid Hydrogels and Drug-Free Macromolecular Therapeutics2010
Larisa Radu-WuBeta-Sheet Peptide-Mediated Self-Assembly of HPMA Copolymers into Nanostructured Biomaterials2010
Yan (Zoe) ZhouCombination Nanomedicine Targeting Cancer Stem Cells and Bulk Tumor Cells for Treatment of Prostate Cancer2014
Zhenghong (Joseph) PengStimuli-Responsive Targeted Therapeutics for Treatment of Primary and Metastatic Prostate Cancer2014
Te-Wei ChuDrug-Free Macromolecular Therapeutics For Treatment Of B-Cell Malignancies2015
Stewart LowMicellar Strategies for Targeting Bone Diseases2015
Jonathan M. HartleySuper-Resolution Imaging of Drug-Free Macromolecular Therapeutics2016
Jon D. CallahanThe Use of HPMA Copolymer Conjugates for the Intracellular Targeting of Anticancer Drugs2017
Jiawei WangDrug-Free Macromolecular Therapeutics as a B Cell Depletion Strategy.2021
D. Christopher RadfordReceptor Crosslinking to Enhance Cellular Uptake of HPMA Copolymer-Based Anticancer Nanomedicines2022
M. Thomas GamblesThe Versatile Design of Drug-Free Macromolecular Therapeutics against B Cell Malignancies   2023

Research/ Visiting Faculty

Pavla Kopečková, Ph.D.Research Professor1988-2011
Karel Ulbrich, Ph.D.Adjunct Professor1987-1992
Blanka Říhová, Ph.D.Adjunct Professor1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997
Čestmír Koňák, Ph.D.Adjunct Associate ProfessorTotal 2 years in lab 1990-1998
Vladimir Omelyanenko, Ph.D.Research Associate Professor1993-1998
Tamara Minko, Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor1997-2000
Zheng-Rong Lu, Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor1996-2001
Dong Wang, Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor1998-2004
Jihua Liu, M.D., Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor2005-2010
Huaizhong Pan, Ph.D.Research Assistant Professor2005-2012
JIyuan (Jane) Yang, Ph.D.Research Professor2003-Present

Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars

Dr. Lubor FornusekCzech Republic1988-1989
Dr. Ramakrishna MadabhushiIndia1988-1989
Dr. Martin PrádnyCzech Republic1989-1990
Dr. Sven OscarssonSweden1989-1990
Koichi IkesueJapan1989-1991
Dr. Ramesh RathiIndia1990-1996
Dr. H.-R. Lin (Homer Yen)Taiwan1991-1992
Zhong-Wei GuChina1992-1993
Dr. Shigeyuki TakadaJapan1993-1994
Dr. Ping-Yang YehTaiwan1994-1995
Dr. Shigeru KameiJapan1994-1995
Dr. Christine GentryUSA1994-1997
Dr. Christine Vauthier-HolzschererFrance1995-1996
Dr. Michal PecharCzech Republic1996, 2000-2001
Dr. Emmanuel AkalaNigeria1994-1997
Dr. Mikhail A. SlinkinRussia1998
Dr. Won-Moon ChoiKorea1997-1998
Dr. Milan DvorakCzech Republic1997-1998
Dr. Marina DemoyFrance1998-1999
Dr. Jane-Guo ShiahTaiwan1998-2000
Dr. Shinji SakumaJapan1999-2001
Dr. Yuji KasuyaJapan1999-2001
Dr. Nobuhiro NishiyamaJapan2002-2003
Dr. Claudia GervelasFrance2001-2003
Dr. Alexander MaluginRussia2001-2007
Dr. Timucin UgurluTurkey2008
Dr. Kui LuoChina2009-2011
Acharaporn (Oi) DuangjaiThailand2011-2012
Dr. Miloslav KverkaCzech Republic2013
Dr. Yuling LiChina2014-2015
Dr. Rui ZhangChina2011-2016
Dr. Libin ZhangChina2015-2017
Dr. Yixin FangChina2015-2017
Dr. Susumu HamaJapan2017-2018
Dr. Zhou ZhouChina2018-2019
Dr. Lian LiChina2016-2020
Dr. Aparna ShuklaIndia2021
Dr. Inush KalanaSri Lanka2021-2022
Dr. Md Hasan Al FaruqueBangladesh2022-present

Visiting and Exchange Students

Bing LiChina1994-1995
Betina SørensenDenmark1995
Catharina ÅserudNorway1995-1996
Ayelet DavidIsrael1997, 1998,1999, 2000
Klaus KunathGermany1997-1998
Csanad VargaUSA1998-1999
Jeroen BowmeesterThe Netherlands1999-2000
Thomas MerdanGermany1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Signe RidderbergDenmark1999
Boris PetriGermany2000
Timucin UgurluTurkey2000
Barbara PecharováCzech Republic2000-2001
Lauri PaasonenFinland2002
Caroline KablitzGermany2002-2003
Aaron MohsUSA2003
Anagha VaidyaUSA2003
Huifen GaoUSA2004
Xiaosong HuangUSA2004
Nicole TietzeGermany2004
Heather PresslerUSA2005
Michael CrossUSA2006
Crystal ShipleyUSA2006
Ashanni KuttanIndia2006
Alamelu MahalingamIndia2007
Jarunee HongrapipatThailand2005-2007
Shraddha SadekarIndia2008
Ehud SegalIsrael2008
Hillevi BauerGermany2008-2009
Solvejg LangerGermany2008-2009
Michael JacobsenUSA2009-2012
Stefan KrimmerGermany2010
Sven LehsingGermany2010-2011
Staffan BergFinland2011
Nick FrazierUSA2011
Thomas GamblesUSA2011
Jonathan FalconerUSA2011
Qian (Susan) SunChina2012
Regina HeidchenGermany2012-2013
Stefan RudolphGermany2013
Bin ZhangUSA2013
Haj-Valizadeh HasanUSA2013
Ladan JiracekUSA2013
Shwan JavdanUSA2013-2014
Steven MerrillUSA2013-2014
Anindita RoyUSA2014
Johannes BetzGermany2014-2015
Jiayue (Joy) FengUSA2014-2015
Jack VeverkaUSA2015
Keith ArlottaUSA2015
Uwe LichtenbergGermany2016
Christian KodeleUSA2016-2018
Sirima SoodvilaiThailand2017-2018
Mai DoanUSA2016-2018
Yachao LiChina2018-2019
Christian BodeGermany2018-2019
Kehinde SalakoNigeria2019-2020
Yunyue ZhangChina2021-2022
Youngjae LeeUSA2022
Jaden ArnoldUSA2022-2023
Jacob GalangUSA2022
Yousseff HarraqUSA2022
Mudassir AbbasiPakistan2022-2023
Sophie Hu-LieskovanUSA2023-present
Ivan WangUSA2023-present