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
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
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 myeloid cell engineering

Ph.D. candidate
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
Daniel Rincón Díaz
PhD candidate in Biomedical Sciences Program, Cancer Biology Concentration, College of Medicine, University of Florida
MS and BS in Biology, Valdosta State University

Biological Scientist
Biological Scientist I
Akanksha Ramadas Shanbhag
MS in Biotechnology, Johns Hopkins University
BS in Biotechnology, PES University

Undergraduate Students
University Scholar
Kai Rubach
BS Student, Biochemistry, University of Florida

Research Volunteer
Hayley Cummings
BS student, Biology
University of Florida

Past Member
Owen Gillen, BS Student, Chemical Engineering, 2022-2023 (current: 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)












