LU
Laboratory
Nano-enabled Drug Delivery
and ImmunoEngineering
Jianqin Lu Pharmacy, Associate Professor at U of A, Jianqin Lu College of Pharmacy, Professor at College of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arizona College of Pharmacy
Principle Investigator
Jianqin Lu
John A. and Frances P. Ware Endowed Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Director, Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics Track
Associate Professor, BIO5 Institute
Member, NCI-designated UA Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member, Southwest Environmental Health Science Center (SWEHSC)
Chartered Member, NIH Drug and Biologic Therapeutic Delivery (DBTD) Study Section
Editorial Board, Journal of Drug Targeting
Dr. Lu obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh in 2014 and then performed postdoctoral training on nanomedicine and tumor immunology at the University of Chicago and UCLA. He joined the University of Arizona as an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2019 and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2024. He was recently awarded the John A. and Frances P. Ware Endowed Professorship, and currently serves as the Director for the Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics Track at The University of Arizona RKCCOP.
His research has been published in Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Biomaterials, etc, and yielded an NIH/NIGMS MIRA (R35) and an NIH/NCI R01, PhRMA Foundation Research Starter Grant in Drug Delivery, and several pilot/seed grants from the UArizona Comprehensive Cancer Center, the State of Arizona's Technology and Research Initiative Fund (TRIF)/BIO5 Institute and the NIH-sponsored Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center (SWEHSC). Recipient of the Norman R. and Priscilla A. Farnsworth Award at the University of Pittsburgh, the NIH/NCI Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award (T32) in Tumor Immunology at UCLA, A. Jay Gandolfi New Investigator Award at UArizona, and the 2022 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Pharmaceutics Research Award, Dr. Lu is a chartered member in NIH Drug and Biologic Therapeutic Delivery (DBTD) Study Section and serves on the editorial board in the Journal of Drug Targeting and was the Secretary of Knowledge Management in AACP Pharmaceutics Section. Dr. Lu has been recognized as the 2022 Biomaterials Science Emerging Investigator.
Dr. Lu teaches Drug Delivery Systems, Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics and other courses for undergraduate, graduate, as well as professional PharmD students. The overarching goal of Lu lab is to develop innovative, safe, and efficacious nanotherapeutics at the interface of drug delivery, synthetic chemistry, pharmaceutics, nanoparticle engineering, and tumor immunology to address the pressing unmet needs in cancer and other diseases therapy and prevention.
Dr. WenPan Li
PhD, Pharmaceutics
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, China
Research Scientist III
Dr. Zhi Li
PhD, Biochemical Engineering
Fuzhou University, China
Postdoc
Research Scientist III & Postdoctoral Research Associate
Graduate & PharmD Researchers
Yanhao Jiang
(3rd year, PhD candidate)
MS, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus
BA, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
Mengwen Li
(2nd year,PhD student)
MS, University of Mississippi
BS, Tianjin Medical University
Shuang Wu
(2nd year, PhD student)
MS, Sichuan University
BS, Shihezi University
Jinha Chung
(P2, PharmD student)
BS, The University of Arizona
Undergraduate Researchers
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Maxwell Maloney
Senior
Biochemistry
College of Science
MinHyeok Kim
Senior
Pharmaceutical Sciences
R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Karlie Flader
Senior
Pharmaceutical Sciences
R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Alumni
Last known Location
Postdoc
Zhiren Wang (2019-24) Full Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, South China University of Technology (SCUT), China
Teng Ma (2023-24) Postdoc at University of Utah College of Pharmacy
Kui Zeng (2024-25) Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Science, the University of Padova, Italy
Graduate Students
Joseph Adams (Rotation) PhD candidate in Abhijit Date's lab, UArizona Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics Track
Jeremy Snell (Rotation) Research Analyst and Investor Relations Manager
PharmD Researcher
Andy Valencia Operations Associate, NuvOx Pharma
Nicolas Little Pharmacy Resident, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Undergraduate Researcher
Jiawei Chen (Honors College) PharmD student, University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
Jiayu Zhu (Honors College) PharmD student, University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Emily Q Tran (Honors College) PharmD student, University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Harry Tran (Honors College) PharmD student, University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Tyler Jason Predovich PharmD student, University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Kimberly Thi Le PharmD student, University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Jinha Chung PharmD student, University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Kylie Castro PharmD student, University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Jonghan Park Graduate student, Cancer Biology, College of Medicine/Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, South Korea
Leyla Cordova Master's student at UArizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Karina Gonzalez (Honors College) Master's student of Nursing, The University of Arizona College of Nursing
Cole Alexander Foster Manufacturing Associate, Amgen, CA
Kevin Tyler Lambesis Aero Mist Company
Ethan Lin (Honors College) University of Arizona College of Engineering
Riley Haveman (Honors College) BSPS program, University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Dulce Cardenas (Honors College) BSPS program, University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Daniel Aranda BSPS program, University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy
Stephanie Hunt BSPS program, University of Arizona R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy