Education:
2004 - 2010, Ph. D., University of Minnesota
2001 - 2004, M. S., Nanjing University
1997 - 2001, B. S., Nanjing University
Industry Experience:
06/2009 - 12/2009, Preclinical Formulation Intern, Medtronic, Inc. (Core R&D, World Headquarters)
Awards/Honors:
"One Of The Top Tier Reviewers" (American Chemical Society Combinatorial Science), 2009
Provincial Outstanding Master's Thesis (Jiangsu, China), 2005
UMN Graduate School Fellowship, 2004
BASF Scholarship, 2002
Professional Experience:
1. Manuscript Reviewer for the Following 14 Journals over 80 times (2004-2010):
AICHE Journal; CrystEngComm; International Journal of Pharmaceutics; Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry; Journal of Applied Polymer Science; Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data; Journal of Combinatorial Chemistry; Journal of Controlled Release; Journal of Organic Chemistry; Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Nanomedicine, Pharmaceutical Research, Organic Process Research and Development; Polymer
2. Featured Speaker in The MN Nano Meeting, (2008)
3. Industry Experience in GMP Regulated Environment in Formulation Division at Fortune 500 Company
Teaching Experience:
Assisted in the Following Four Courses:
ChEn 5771 Colloids and Dispersions, University of Minnesota, Fall 2007
Mats 4301 Materials Processing and Lab, University of Minnesota, Spring 2007
Mats 4301 Polymer Properties, University of Minnesota, Fall 2005
Organic Chemistry, Nanjing University, Fall 2002
Team Collaborations:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Iowa State University; Nanjing University; Princeton University;
Technion¨CIsrael Institute of Technology; University of Minnesota 09/2001¨CPresent
Skills:
Processing
Turbulent Mixing; Lyophilization; Nanoparticle Size Separation; Twin Screw Extrusion and Blending; Plate Rolling; Powder Pressing and Sintering; Film and Dispersion Coating; Dip Coating; Electrochemical Coating; Injection Molding
Characterization
Dynamic Light Scattering; Scanning Electron Microscope; Transmission Electron Microscopy; Video-Enhanced Microscopy; Electrophoresis; X-ray Diffraction; Differential Scanning Calorimetry; Thermogravimetric Analysis; Raman Scattering; Infrared Spectroscopy; UV¨CVisible Spectroscopy; High-Performance Liquid Chromatography; Gel Permeation Chromatography; Cyclic Voltammetry; Viscometry and Rheometery
Synthesis & Fabrication
Diblock Copolymers by Coupling Reaction or Ring Opening Polymerization; Conducting Polymers by Chemical and Electrochemical Polymerization; Polymeric Nanoparticles, Nanotubes/wires, Films/Coatings
Modeling & Data/Image Analysis
Gaussian Quantum Chemistry Package; Origin; Mathematica; Matlab; ImageJ; Photoshop; ChemBioOffice