Lab Members

Postdoctoral Researcher

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER

Chenikkayala Siva Sankara

Postoctoral Researcher in Pharmaceutical Chemistry
PhD in Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Research Focus: prodrug design for small molecule immune modulators

Siva

Graduate Students

Ph.D. candidate (2021 Fall)

Zijing Xu, MS

PhD candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutics Track, University of Florida
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
BS in Pharmacological Chemistry, UCSD

Research Focus: dendrimer-based nanoformulation for mRN A delivery

ZJX

Ph.D. Candidate (2021 Fall)

Chad Littrell, MS MBA

PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences,
Pharmacology Track, University of Florida,
MBA, Washington University in St. Louis
MS in Biomedical Science, Wake Forest University
BS in Biology and Chemistry, Southwest Baptist University. Summa cum Laude

Research Focus: novel nano drug delivery systems for in situ immune modulation

Chad L

Ph.D. candidate (2022 Fall)

Kevon Jolly, BS

PhD candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutics Track, University of Florida
BS in Forensic Science (Biochemistry Track), University of Central Florida. Dea List, Florida Bright Futures Medallion Scholar

Research Focus: Engineering MDSCs to control chronic inflammation

Kevon

Undergraduate Students

Owen Gillen

BS Student, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida

Mentor: Zijing Xu

Kai Rubach

BS Student, Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida

Mentor: Chad Littrell

Coral Bell

BS Student, Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida

Mentor: Chad Littrell

Past Member

Wen Jiang, B.S. PharmD student, 2023-2024

Tejashwini LNU, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2022-2023

Sofia Alemar, M.S., Biomedical Engineering, 2021-2022

Archit Pipalva, B.S. 2021

Richard Zhang, B.S. Chemical Engineering at Virginia Tech (2023 SURF student)

Jacquelin Guo, B.S. Chemical Engineering at UT Austin (2022 SURF student)

Department of Pharmaceutics • College of Pharmacy • University of Florida

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