Lab Members

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

2025

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

2025

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

2025

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

2025

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

2025

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

2025

Biological Scientist

Biological Scientist I

Akanksha Ramadas Shanbhag, MS

MS in Biotechnology, Johns Hopkins University
BS in Biotechnology, PES University

2025

Undergraduate Students

Research Volunteer

Hayley Cummings

BS student, Biology
University of Florida

Hayley

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)

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