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
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
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
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
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)