Professsor
University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut
Xiuling Lu, AAPS Fellow, Professor at the University of Connecticut, Associate Director of Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research, Past Chair of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education (NIPTE) Faculty Committee, received her Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. During her postdoctoral training at the University of Kentucky, she received a prestigious Benedict Cassen Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the Education and Research Foundation for the Society of Nuclear Medicine in 2008. She was appointed as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2008 to 2011 prior to joining the School of Pharmacy at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Lu’s research is focused on innovative nanotechnologies that target difficult-to-treat cancers, optimization of drug formulations and the use of versatile imaging tools to improve pharmaceutical product quality. Her research has been supported by NIH, American Cancer Society, NSF, FDA, industry etc. Dr. Lu has published more than 85 peer-reviewed publications in high impact journals. The innovative research has resulted in 4 issued US patents and 4 PCT patent applications. Dr. Lu also received American Association of University Professors-UConn Excellence in Research and Creativity: Early Career Award in 2016.
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