Postdoctoral Researcher
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER
Chenikkayala Siva Sankara, PhD
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 in Pharmaceutical Sciences
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 mRNA delivery
Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kevon Jolly, BS
PhD candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutics Track, University of Florida
BS in Forensic Science (Biochemistry Track), University of Central Florida. Dean’s List, Florida Bright Futures Medallion Scholar
Research Focus: In Situ Programming of Solid Tumors via LNP/RNA Delivery
Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dennis Feng, MS
PhD candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutics Track, University of Florida
MS in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.
BS in Biomedical Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Research Focus: Reveal myeloid cell interaction with nanotherapeutics through ‘nano-bio’ interface
Ph.D. Candidate in Biomedical Sciences
Daniel Rincón Díaz, MS
PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences Program, Cancer Biology Concentration, College of Medicine, University of Florida
MS and BS in Biology, Valdosta State University
Ph.D. Candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Evelyn Chang, BS
PhD candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Pharmaceutics Track, University of Florida
BS in Integrative Neuroscience, SUNY Binghamton
Biological Scientist
Biological Scientist I
Akanksha Ramadas Shanbhag, MS
MS in Biotechnology, Johns Hopkins University
BS in Biotechnology, PES University
Undergraduate Students
Research Volunteer
Hayley Cummings
BS student, Biology
University of Florida
Past Member
Kai Rubach, BS Student, Biochemistry, 2023-2025 (post-graduation: Graduate student at University of Michigan Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Owen Gillen, BS Student, Chemical Engineering, 2022-2023 (post-graduation: Graduate student at University of Michigan Chemical Engineering)
Coral Bell, BS Student, Biochemistry, 2023-2024
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) (Current: Graduate Student at Johns Hopkins University, ChemBE)
Jacquelin Guo, B.S. Chemical Engineering at UT Austin (2022 SURF student)












