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Yongzhe Li is recognized for the poster presentation as one of the top 3 best presenters at the 19th annual Peck Symposium. Congratulations! (4/11/24)

Sota Shishikura receives the 2024 Teaching Academy Graduate Teaching Award from the Purdue University Teaching Academy. This award recognizes his excellent work as a TA in PHRM 829 Dosage forms II in 2023. The award comes with $1000 scholarship. Congratulations! (4/9/24)

Hytham Gadalla receives the Graduate Student Travel Grant from PICR. Congratulations! (3/25/24)

"Delivery of STING agonists for cancer immunotherapy," by Jianping Wang, Fanfei Meng, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Current Opinion in Biotechnology. (2/18/24)

"Recent Trends in the Delivery of RNA drugs: beyond the liver, more than vaccine," by Marwa Elnaggar*, Yanying He*, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. (1/29/24)

"Systemic delivery of paclitaxel by find-me nanoparticles activates anti-tumor immunity and eliminates tumors," by Soonbum Kwon, Fanfei Meng, Hassan Tamam, Hytham Gadalla, Jianping Wang, Boyang Dong, Amber Hopf Jannasch, Timothy Ratliff, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in ACS Nano. (1/9/24)

Marwa Elnaggar receives the Purdue 2023 Postdoctoral Supplemental Travel Grant. Congratulations! (11/5/23)

Hassan Tamam receives the Purdue 2023 Postdoctoral Supplemental Travel Grant. Congratulations! (11/5/23)

"Long-Acting Microparticle Formulation of Griseofulvin for Ocular Neovascularization Therapy", by Dhawal Chobisa, Anbukkarasi Muniyandi, Kamakshi Sishtla, Timothy W. Corson, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Small. (10/27/23)

"RNA helicase DDX5 modulates sorafenib sensitivity in hepatocellular carcinoma via the Wnt/β-catenin-ferroptosis axis", by Zhili Li, Claude Caron de Fromentel, Woojun Kim, Wen-Hung Wang, Jiazeng Sun, Bingyu Yan, Sagar Utturkar, Nadia Atallah Lanman, Bennett D. Elzey, Yoon Yeo, Hao Zhang, Majid Kazemian, Massimo Levrero and Ourania Andrisani, is accepted for publication in Cell Death & Disease. (10/25/23)

Yongzhe Li receives the 2023-2024 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations! (9/1/23)

"Interpenetrating Networks of Collagen and Hyaluronic Acid that Serve as In Vitro Tissue Models for Assessing Macromolecular Transport," by Jessica Torres, Fanfei Meng, Sayantan Bhattacharya, Kevin Buno, Adib Ahmadzadegan, Sathvik Madduri, Paulina Babiak, Pavlos Vlachos, Luis Solorio, Yoon Yeo, and Julie Liu, is accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules. (7/27/23)

Hytham Gadalla receives the AAPS Best Abstract Award, which will be recognized at the 2023 AAPS PharmSci360. Congratulations! (6/7/23)

"Control of Drug Release Kinetics from Hot-Melt Extruded Drug-loaded Polycaprolactone Matrices," by Yun-Chu Chen, Sota Shishikura, Dana E. Moseson, Austin J. Ignatovich, Joshua Lomeo, Aiden Zhu, Sarena D. Horava, Coralie A. Richard, Kinam Park, Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release. (5/31/23)

Hytham Gadalla receives the Chaney Graduate Student Travel Award, which will assist with attending the AAPS PharmSci 360 meeting. Congratulations! (5/30/23)

Zhongyue (Claire) Yuan receives the Ross-Lynn Research Scholar Grant (formerly PRF research grant) fellowship. Congratulations! (5/10/23)

Jianping Wang receives the 2023 Chaney Summer Graduate Student Award. Congratulations! (4/25/23)

"A timescale-guided microfluidic synthesis of TA-FeIII network nanocapsules of hydrophobic drugs", by Yingnan Shen, Simseok A. Yuk, Soonbum Kwon, Hassan Tamam, Yoon Yeo, and Bumsoo Han, is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release. (4/13/23)

Jianping Wang wins first place in the Three Minute Thesis Competition at the 18th Annual Peck Symposium. Congratulations! (3/30/23)

Fanfei Meng wins the Best Presentation Award at the Purdue University Nanotechnology Student Advisory Council's NanoEX conference. Congratulations! (2/24/23)

Fanfei Meng receives a Post Doc Travel 2022-23 grant from the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR). Congratulations! (2/20/23)

"Development of poly(lactic-co-glycolide) microparticles for sustained delivery of meloxicam", by Yihua Pei, Jianping Wang, Nisar Ul Khaliq, Fanfei Meng, Kaoutar A. Oucherif, Jie Xue, Coralie A. Richard, Monica R. Swinney, Sarena D. Horava, Amy L. Cox, Kinam Park, Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release. (12/8/22)

"Protein corona: Friend or foe? Co-opting serum proteins for nanoparticle delivery", by Woojun Kim, Nhu Ky Ly, Yanying He, Yongzhe Li, Zhongyue Yuan, Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. (11/22/22)

Jianping Wang wins the graduate student poster award at the College of Pharmacy Research Day. Congratulations! (11/9/22)

"Size optimization of carfilzomib nanocrystals for systemic delivery to solid tumors", by Hytham H. Gadalla, Seongsoo Lee, Hyungjun Kim, Abigail T. Armstrong, Dina Fathalla, Fawzia Habib, Hyunyoung Jeong, Wooin Lee, Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release. (10/24/22)

Jianping Wang receives a College of Pharmacy Graduate Student Travel Award that will assist with attending the AAPS 2022 PHARMSCI 360. Congratulations! (10/12/22).

"Inner Surface Modification of Polyethylene Tubing Induced by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma", by Lee Organski, Xingxing Wang, Andrew Meyers, Yun-Chu Chen, Kinam Park, Sarena D. Horava, Coralie A. Richard, Yoon Yeo, Alexey Shashurin, is accepted for publication in Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A. (10/3/22)

Yongzhe Li receives the Kienly Award as the outstanding graduate student teaching assistant in the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy. The award comes with $1000 prize and a certificate and will be recognized at the College of Pharmacy Research Day on 11/9/22. Congratulations! (9/29/22)

Hytham Gadalla receives the McKeehan Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations! (9/27/22)

Hytham Gadalla's AAPS poster is invited to a Special Poster Collection. This selection will be recognized during a Special Poster Forum at the 2022 AAPS PharmSci 360. Congratulations! (9/19/22) 

Dhawal Chobisa receives the 2022 Rodger D. Logan Travel Award. Congratulations! (9/14/22)

"PLA-PCL Microsphere Formulation to Deter Abuse of Prescription Opioids by Smoking", by Anastasiia Vasiukhina, Sheryhan F. Gad, Elyssia N. Wellington, Danielle M. Wilmes, Yoon Yeo, and Luis Solorio, is accepted for publication in International Journal of Pharmaceutics. (8/23/22)

Yanying He receives the 2022-2023 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations! (8/9/22)

Jianping Wang receives the College of Pharmacy Graduate Training Award, which supports attending the Krannert Applied Management Principles Program. Congratulations! (8/8/22) 

Dr. Yeo is inducted to the College of Fellows at the Controlled Release Society. (7/12/22)

Fanfei Meng receives the 2022 AAPS Best Abstract Award, which will be recognized at the 2022 AAPS PharmSci 360. Congratulations! (6/9/22)

Fanfei Meng receives an AAPS Travelship, which will support attending the 2022 AAPS PharmSci 360. Congratulations! (6/6/22)

Jianping Wang receives the 2022 Lilly Endowment Graduate Research Award. Congratulations! (5/2/22)

Soonbum Kwon receives the 2022 Chaney Summer Graduate Student Award. Congratulations! (5/2/22)

"A single local delivery of paclitaxel and nucleic acids via an immunoactive polymer eliminates tumors and induces antitumor immunity" by Fanfei Meng, Jianping Wang, Yanying He, Gregory M. Cresswell, Nadia A. Lanman, L. Tiffany Lyle, Timothy L. Ratliff, Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in PNAS. (4/22/22)

Dhawal Chobisa is featured in the 3MT® Spring 2022 Competition of the Purdue Graduate School as one of the top 10 finalists (4/12/22).

Jianping Wang takes third place in the Three Minute Thesis Competition at the 17th Annual Garnet Peck Symposium. Congratulations! (4/7/22)

"Nucleic acid and oligonucleotide delivery for activating innate immunity in cancer immunotherapy," by Fanfei Meng, Jianping Wang, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release. (3/22/22)

Fanfei Meng receives the Purdue 2022 Postdoctoral Supplemental Travel Grant. Congratulations! (2/25/22)

"Meta-analysis of drug delivery approaches for treating intracellular infections", by Sooyoung Shin, Soonbum Kwon, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Pharm. Res. (2/1/22)

Soonbum Kwon receives the 2022 Chaney Graduate Student Travel Grant. Congratulations! (1/19/22)

"Development of hot-melt extruded drug/polymer matrices for sustained delivery of meloxicam," by Yun-Chu Chen, Dana E. Moseson, Coralie A. Richard, Monica R. Swinney, Sarena D. Horava, Kaoutar Abbou Oucherif, Amy L. Cox, Eric D. Hawkins, Yongzhe Li, Daniel F DeNeve, Joshua Lomeo, Aiden Zhu, Eric J. Munson, Lynne S. Taylor, Kinam Park, Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release. (12/29/21)

Hytham Gadalla wins the graduate student poster award at the Inaugural College of Pharmacy Research Day. Congratulations! (11/10/21)

Soonbum Kwon receives the Chaney Graduate Research Award. Congratulations! (11/3/21)

Soonbum Kwon receives the McKeehan Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations! (10/4/21)

Dr. Yeo is featured in the Controlled Release Society Young Scientist Committee Interview with a Luminary (September 2021)

Hytham Gadalla receives the 2021-2022 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations! (9/2/21)

Jianping Wang is recognized as one of the best student presenters by the organizers of the 2021 MRS Spring Beyond Nano, Challenges and Opportunities in Drug Delivery Symposium. This recognition comes with an award of $300. (6/18/21)

"Nanocapsules modify membrane interaction of polymyxin B to enable safe systemic therapy of Gram-negative sepsis," by Simseok A. Yuk, Hyungjun Kim, Nader S. Abutaleb, Alexandra M. Dieterly, Maie S. Taha, Michael D. Tsifansky, L. Tiffany Lyle, Mohamed N. Seleem, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Science Advances. (6/15/21)

Fanfei Meng receives the Bergstrom Research Award 2020-21 grant from the Purdue Center for Cancer Research (PCCR). Congratulations! (6/8/21)

Fanfei Meng wins the 2021 Graduate School Mentoring Award for Postdoctoral Trainees. Congratulations! (May 2021).

Lockdown Anniversary video tribute by the lab (3/25/21).

Dr. Yeo receives the inaugural Samyang CRS Award in Honor of Sung Wan Kim, which will be presented at the CRS 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting, July 25-29th. (3/9/21)

"Nanosac, a Non-Cationic and Soft Polyphenol Nanocapsule, Enables Systemic Delivery of siRNA to Solid Tumors," by Hyungjun Kim, Simseok A Yuk, Alexandra M Dieterly, Soonbum Kwon, Jinho Park, Fanfei Meng, Hytham H. Gadalla, Maria Jose Cadena, L. Tiffany Lyle, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in ACS Nano. (2/24/21)

"Engineering microenvironment of biodegradable polyester systems for drug stability and release control," by Nisar U. Khaliq, Dhawal Chobisa, Coralie A. Richard, Monica R. Swinney, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Therapeutic Delivery. (12/18/20)

Dhawal Chobisa receives the 2021 Chaney Graduate Student Travel Grant, which supports his attendance at the 2021 Associate for Research in Vision and Opthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting. Congratulations! (12/17/20)

"Local drug delivery systems for inflammatory diseases: Status quo, challenges, and opportunities," by Yun-Chu Chen, Sheryhan F. Gad, Dhawal Chobisa, Yongzhe Li and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in J. Controlled Release. (12/16/20)

Jianping Wang receives the McKeehan Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations! (9/21/20)

"Antibacterial Nanotruffles for Treatment of Intracellular Bacterial Infection," by Marwa G Elnaggar; Kunyu Jiang; Hassan E Eldesouky; Yihua Pei; Jinho Park; Simseok Yuk; Fanfei Meng; Alexandra M Dieterly; Haroon T Mohammad; Youssef A Hegazy; Hesham M Tawfeek; Aly A Abdel-Rahman; Ahmed E Aboutaleb; Mohamed M Seleem; Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Biomaterials (8/21/20)

Simseok Yuk receives the Travel grant from the Purdue Graduate Student Government and the Graduate School. Congratulations! (5/27/20)

Simseok Yuk receives the Chaney Summer Graduate Student Award. Congratulations! (5/6/20)

Soonbum Kwon receives the PRF research grant fellowship. Congratulations! (4/7/20)

Soonbum Kwon receives a 2019-20 Graduate Student Travel grant from the Purdue Center for Cancer Research. Congratulations! (3/31/20)

"Carfilzomib delivery by quinic acid-conjugated nanoparticles: Discrepancy between tumoral drug accumulation and anticancer efficacy in a murine 4T1 orthotopic breast cancer model," by Yearin Jun, Jun Xu, Hyungjun Kim, Ji Eun Park, Yoo-Seong Jeong, Jee Sun Min, Naeun Yoon, Ji Yoon Choi, Jisu Yoo, Soo Kyung Bae, Suk-Jae Chung, Yoon Yeo and Wooin Lee, is accepted for publication in J. Pharm. Sci. (1/6/20).

Fanfei Meng receives the 2020 Purdue Postdoc Travel Grant, which partly supports his attendance at a conference in 2020 Spring. Congratulations! (12/12/19)

"Sustained delivery of carfilzomib by tannic acid-based nanocapsules helps develop antitumor immunity", by Maie Taha, Gregory Cresswell, Joonyoung Park, Wooin Lee, Timothy Ratliff, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Nano Letters. (10/28/19)

Simseok Yuk receives the 2019 Jenkins-Knevel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research. Congratulations! (9/24/19)

Simseok Yuk receives the 2019 Dr. Herbert A. Lieberman Award. This award recognizes his 2018-2019 leadership as the president of the AAPS student chapter. Congratulations! (9/20/19)

Jianping Wang receives the 2019-2020 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations! (8/23/19)

Dr. Yeo has been elected to the AAPS Fellowship, which will be formally recognized at the AAPS 2019 PharmSci 360 in November in San Antonio, Texas. (8/12/19)

Simseok Yuk wins the 2019 Baxter Young Investigator 1st tier award, which comes with a cash prize in the amount of $3000. He will present at the Award Ceremony at Baxter's Headquarters on 10/3/19. Congratulations! (8/12/19)

Fanfei/Jennifer's paper in Nano Letters is featured on the COP website. (July 2019)

"In-vitro and in-vivo difference in gene delivery by lithocholic acid-polyethyleneimine conjugate", by Jianping Wang*, Fanfei Meng*, Bieong-Kil Kim, Kue Ke, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Biomaterials (6/20/19)

"Development of liposomal gemcitabine with high drug loading capacity", by Hassan Tamam, Jinho Park, Hytham Gadalla, Andrea Masters, Jelan Abdel-Aleem, Sayed Abdelrahman, Aly Abdelrahman, Tiffany Lyle, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Molecular Pharmaceutics (5/29/19)

Simseok Yuk wins the Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, which will support him in Spring 2020. Congratulations! (4/22/19)

"Expanding Therapeutic Utility of Carfilzomib for Breast Cancer Therapy by Novel Albumin-coated Nanocrystal Formulation", by Ji Eun Park, Joonyoung Park, Yearin Jun, Yunseok Oh, Gongmi Ryoo, Yoo-Seong Jeong, Hytham Gadalla, Jee Sun Min, Jung Hwan Jo, Myung Geun Song, Keon Wook Kang, Soo Kyung Bae, Yoon Yeo, and Wooin Lee, is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release (4/3/19)

Yihua Pei is selected for an oral presentation at the 2019 Gordon Research Seminar - Preclinical Form and Formulation for Drug Discovery, which will be held in Waterville Valley, NH, on June 8-9, 2019. Congratulations! (4/2/19)

"Magnetophoretic delivery of a tumor priming agent for chemotherapy of metastatic murine breast cancer", by Jinho Park, Joonyoung Park, Mark Castanares, David Collins, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Molecular Pharmaceutics. (3/27/19)

Simseok Yuk wins the 2019 College of Pharmacy Graduate Student Travel Award. Congratulations! (2/26/19)

"Surface modification of polymeric nanoparticles with M2pep peptide for drug delivery to tumor-associated macrophages", by Liang Pang, Yihua Pei, Gozde Uzunalli, Hyesun Hyun, Tiffany Lyle, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Pharmaceutical Research. (2/22/19)

"Camouflaging Nanoparticles for Ratiometric Delivery of Therapeutic Combinations", by Fanfei Meng, Jianping Wang, Qineng Ping, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Nano Letters. (2/1/19)

Quinic Acid-Conjugated Nanoparticles article is featured in Purdue Research Foundation News, WLFI, and GEN.

"Quinic Acid-Conjugated Nanoparticles Enhance Drug Delivery to Solid Tumors via Interactions with Endothelial Selectins", by Jun Xu, Steve Seung-Young Lee, Howon Seo, Liang Pang, Yearin Jun, Ruo-Yu Zhang, Zhong-Yin Zhang, Pilhan Kim, Wooin Lee, Stephen J. Kron, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Small. (10/23/18)

Maie Taha receives the 2018 Jenkins-Knevel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research. Congratulations! (9/21/18)

Yihua Pei wins the 2018 Baxter Young Investigator Award in the Program's highest category which includes an honorarium in the amount of $2000. Congratulations! (7/31/18)

"Surface modification of polymer nanoparticles with native albumin for enhancing drug delivery to solid tumors", by Hyesun Hyun, Joonyoung Park, Kiela Willis, Ji Eun Park, Tiffany Lyle, Wooin Lee, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Biomaterials. (7/12/18)

"Quantitative Assessment of Nanoparticle Biodistribution by Fluorescence Imaging, Revisited", by Fanfei Meng, Jianping Wang, Qineng Ping, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in ACS Nano. (6/19/18)

Simseok Yuk won the first place in podium presentation at the 50th Annual Pharmaceutics Graduate Student Research Meeting at the University of Minnesota. Congratulations! (6/8/18)

Drs. Xu and Park celebrate in 2018 Spring commencement ceremony. Congratulations, and good luck! (5/11/18)

Simseok Yuk receives the PRF research grant fellowship. Congratulations! (4/16/18)

Jun Xu (4/2/18), Joonyoung Park (4/6/18), and Yihua Pei (4/9/18) successfully defended their final exams. Congratulations, Drs. Xu, Park, and Pei. We are proud of you all!

The Board of Trustees of Purdue University approves Dr. Yeo's promotion to Professor (4/6/18). The promotion is effective August 2018.

"Recent advances in nanomedicine for sepsis treatment" by Simseok Yuk, Diego Sanchez-Rodriguez, Michael D. Tsifansky, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Therapeutic Delivery. (3/14/18)

"A Comparative In Vivo Study of Albumin-Coated Paclitaxel Nanocrystals and Abraxane" by Joonyoung Park, Ji Eun Park, Victoria E Hedrick, Karl V. Wood, Connie Bonham, Wooin Lee, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Small. (2/6/18)

"Enhancing docetaxel delivery to multidrug-resistant cancer cells with albumin-coated nanocrystals" by Sheryhan Gad, Joonyoung Park, Ji Eun Park, Gihan Fetih, Sozan Tous, Wooin Lee, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Molecular Pharmaceutics. (1/17/18)

Maie Taha wins the 2018 Chaney Graduate Student Travel Award. Congratulations! (1/3/18)

Jun Xu receives 2017 American Chinese Pharmaceutical Association (ACPA) Research Award, which will be awarded at the AAPS meeting in November. Congratulations! (10/23/17)

"Programmed Cell Death Protein Ligand-1 (PD-L1) Silencing with Polyethylenimine-Dermatan Sulfate Complex for Dual Inhibition of Melanoma Growth" by Gijung Kwak, Dongkyu Kim, Gi-hoon Nam, Sun Young Wang, In-san Kim, Sun Hwa Kim, Ick Chan Kwon (KIST) and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in ACS Nano. (10/6/17)

Yihua Pei receives the 2017 Jenkins-Knevel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research. Congratulations! (9/15/17)

Yihua Pei receives the McKeehan Graduate Fellowship in Pharmacy. Congratulations! (9/15/17)

Jun Xu receives the Travel grant from the Purdue Graduate Student Government and the Graduate School, which will support his attendance at AAPS meeting in Nov. Congratulations! (9/13/17)

"Mixed liposome approach for ratiometric and sequential delivery of paclitaxel and gemcitabine" by Luanfen Liu, Hassan Tamam, and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in AAPS PharmSciTech. (9/8/17)

Jun Xu receives the 2017-2018 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations! (9/1/2017)

"Radiation-enhanced delivery of plasmid DNA to tumors utilizing a novel PEI polyplex" by Oliver Appelbe, Bieong-Kil Kim, Nick Rymut, Jianping Wang, Stephen Kron, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Cancer Gene Therapy. (8/24/17)

Jun Xu is selected to receive the AAPS Graduate Student Research Award in Biotechnology at the upcoming 2017 AAPS meeting, with his abstract titled "Engineering Leukocyte Mimetic Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery to Solid Tumors". (8/8/17)

"Particle engineering for intracellular delivery of vancomycin to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-infected macrophages" by Yihua Pei, Mohamed F. Mohamed, Mohamed N. Seleem, and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release. (8/5/17)

"Succinylated chitosan derivative has local protective effects on intestinal inflammation" by Hyesun Hyun, Seika Hashimoto-Hill, Myunghoo Kim, Michael D. Tsifansky, Chang H. Kim, and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. (6/5/17)

Joonyoung Park is selected for the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research SIRG Graduate Assistantship. Congratulations! (5/18/2017)

Jun Xu receives the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research Miles Graduate Scholarship Award. Congratulations! (5/18/2017)

"Polyethylenimine-dermatan sulfate complex, a bioactive biomaterial with unique toxicity to CD146-positive cancer cells" by Kim, B.K., Kim, D., Yhee, J.Y., Kwon, I.C., Kim, S.H., Yeo, Y. is accepted for publication in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. (5/2/17)

Joonyoung Park receives the 2017 Lilly Endowment Gift Graduate Research Award. Congratulations! We thank the Lilly Endowment for the support! (4/28/17)

Jun Xu receives the PRF research grant fellowship. Congratulations! (4/26/17)

"Development of surface-variable polymeric nanoparticles for drug delivery to tumors", by Ning Han, Liang Pang, Jun Xu, Hyesun Hyun, Jinho Park, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Molecular Pharmaceutics. (4/3/17)

Hyesun Hyun receives a 2017 AAPS FDD Section Travelship, which will support her attendance at the AAPS Biotech meeting in May. Congratulations! (3/20/17)

The Yeo lab celebrates the 10th year anniversary. (Jan. 2017)

Joonyoung Park receives the Chaney Graduate Student Travel Award. Congratulations! (1/5/17)

"Albumin-coated nanocrystals for carrier-free delivery of paclitaxel" by Joonyoung Park, Bo Sun, and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release. (12/30/16)

"Tannic acid-mediated surface functionalization of polymeric nanoparticles" by Sara Abouelmagd, Fanfei Meng, Bieong-Kil Kim, Hyesun Hyun, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. (10/27/16)

Yihua Pei receives the 2016-2017 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations! (9/12/16)

Joonyoung Park wins the 2016 Baxter Young Investigator Award (1st tier award). Congratulations! (8/18/16)

"Organic nanoparticle systems for spatiotemporal control of multimodal chemotherapy" by Fanfei Meng, Ning Han, and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. (7/22/16)

"Zwitterionic chitosan for the systemic treatment of sepsis", by Eun Jung Cho, Kyung-Oh Doh, Jinho Park, Hyesun Hyun, Erin Wilson, Paul Snyder, Michael Tsifansky, Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Scientific Reports. (6/23/16)

"Polymer-iron oxide composite nanoparticles for EPR-independent drug delivery" by Jinho Park, Naveen Kadasala, Sara Abouelmagd, Mark Castanares, David Collins, Alexandar Wei, and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Biomaterials (6/3/16)

Jun Xu receives the 2016 Lilly Endowment Gift Graduate Research Award. Congratulations! We thank the Lilly Endowment for the support! (6/2/16)

"Intraperitoneal chemotherapy of ovarian cancer by hydrogel depot of paclitaxel nanocrystals" by Bo Sun, Maie Taha, Benjamin Ramsey, Sandra Torregrosa-Allen, Bennett D. Elzey, and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release. (5/25/16)

Dr. Bo Sun receives his Ph.D. degree at the 2016 Spring commencement ceremony! (5/13/16)

Yihua Pei receives the Chaney Graduate Student Travel Award. Congratulations! (4/27/16)

Yihua Pei receives the PRF research grant fellowship. Congratulations! (4/21/16)

Hyesun Hyun won the third place in the Three Minute Thesis Presentation competition at the 13th Peck symposium. Congratulations! (3/31/16)

Dr. Sara Ahmed Abouelmagd receives her Ph.D. degree at the 2015 Winter commencement ceremony! (12/20/15)

"Drug delivery to macrophages: challenges and opportunities" by Yihua Pei and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release. (12/10/15)

"Pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of recently-developed siRNA nanomedicines" by Jinho Park, Joonyoung Park, Yihua Pei, Jun Xu and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. (12/3/15)

Joonyoung Park receives the 2015 Kienly Teaching Award. Congratulations! (10/6/15)

Joonyoung Park receives the 2015-2016 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations! (9/29/15)

Our article, Recent advances in stealth coating of nanoparticle drug delivery systems. WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology, is mentioned as one of the top cited WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology articles that contributed to the 2014 Impact Factor.

Hyesun Hyun receives the 2015 Lilly Endowment Gift Graduate Research Award. Congratulations! We thank the Lilly Endowment for the support! (6/1/15)

"Low molecular weight chitosan-coated polymeric nanoparticles for sustained and pH-sensitive delivery of paclitaxel" by Sara Ahmed, Youn Jin Ku, and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Journal of Drug Targeting. (5/21/15)

Dr. Yeo receives the 2015 Chaney Family Early Scholar Award from Purdue’s College of Pharmacy (5/13/15).

"Drug carriers: Not an innocent delivery man" by Yoon Yeo and Bieong-Kil Kim is accepted for publication in the AAPS Journal. (5/12/15)

"Release kinetics study of poorly water-soluble drugs from nanoparticles: Are we doing it right?," by Sara Ahmed*, Bo Sun*, Alice Chang, Youn Jin Ku, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Molecular Pharmaceutics. (*: equal contribution) (2/6/15)

Dr. Yeo is featured in the 1/27/15 issue of Purdue Today.

Sara Ahmed and Bo Sun receive travel awards from the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research Hasson Graduate Travel Fund. This award will provide partial support for their participation in a research conference this year. Congratulations! (1/21/15)

"Intraperitoneal delivery of platinum with in-situ crosslinkable hyaluronic acid gel for local therapy of ovarian cancer," by Eun Jung Cho*, Bo Sun*, Kyung-Oh Doh, Erin M. Wilson, Sandra Torregrosa-Allen, Bennett D. Elzey, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Biomaterials. (*: equal contribution) (10/2/14)

Bo Sun receives the 2014-2015 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations! (9/17/14)

"Controlled Drug Release from Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers," by Jinhyun Hannah Lee and Yoon Yeo, was accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Science. (8/21/14)

Dr. Yeo is appointed as a Showalter Faculty Scholar. (7/9/14)

"Extracellularly activatable nanocarriers for drug delivery to tumors," by Sara Ahmed*, Hyesun Hyun* (equal contribution), and Yoon Yeo, was accepted for publication in Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. (5/29/14).

Youn Jin Ku receives 2014 Purdue Center for Cancer Research Summer Undergraduate Research Program. (4/1/14)

John Weidle receives 2014 Dean's Undergraduate Research Fellowship, supported by the Dean of the College of Pharmacy. (2/26/14)

"Polydopamine-Based Simple and Versatile Surface Modification of Polymeric Nano Drug Carriers," by Joonyoung Park, Tarsis Brust, Hong Jae Lee, Sang Cheon Lee, Val Watts, and Yoon Yeo, was accepted for publication in ACS Nano. (3/16/14)

"Stabilization of a hyaluronate-associated gene delivery system using calcium ions," by Min Feng, Basma Ibrahim, Erin Wilson, Kyung-Oh Doh, Brandon Bergman, Christopher Park, and Yoon Yeo, was accepted for publication in Biomaterials Science. (2/6/14)

"Extracellular stability of nanoparticulate drug carriers" by Karen Liu and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Archives of Pharmacal Research. (10/29/13)

Sooyoung Shin, Pharm. D. begins a new career as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy at Ajou University (Korea). Congratulations! (August 2013)

Erin Wilson is named as one of the Transformation makers at Purdue. We are so proud of you, Erin!

Karen Liu wins the 2013-2014 pre-doctoral fellowship from the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) of Indiana. Congratulations! We appreciate the continued support from the CTSI. (6/17/13)

"Development of Quinic Acid-Conjugated Nanoparticles as a Drug Carrier to Solid Tumors", by Zohreh Amoozgar, Joonyoung Park, Qingnuo Lin, John Weidle, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules. (5/23/13)

Dr. Hillary Holback celebrated at the commencement ceremony. Congratulations!! We are proud of you! (5/12/13)

Bo Sun receives the PRF graduate fellowship. Congratulations! (4/25/13)

The Board of Trustees of Purdue University approved Dr. Yeo's promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure (4/5/13). The promotion is effective August 2013.

"Polydopamine-based surface modification for the development of peritumorally activatable nanoparticles" by Emily Gullotti, Joonyoung Park, Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Pharmaceutical Research. (3/24/13)

"Zwitterionic Chitosan-Polyamidoamine Dendrimer Complex Nanoparticles as a pH-Sensitive Drug Carrier" by Karen Liu and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Molecular Pharmaceutics. (3/19/13)

"Nanoparticle characterization: State of the art, challenges, and emerging technologies" by Eun Jung Cho, Hillary Holback, Karen Liu, Sara Ahmed, Joonyoung Park, and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Molecular Pharmaceutics. (3/5/13)

Karen Liu wins the third place at the 2012 BMEGSA research symposium. Congratulations! (11/2/12)

"Nanocrystals for the parenteral delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs" by Bo Sun and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science. (10/9/12)

"Application of polysaccharides for surface modification of nanomedicines" by Kevin Doh and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Therapeutic Delivery. (8/30/12)

Karen Liu wins the 2012-2013 pre-doctoral fellowship from the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) of Indiana. Congratulations! (8/24/12)

Hillary Holback receives the 2012-2013 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations! (8/17/12)

Drs. Emily Gullotti and Basma Ibrahim celebrated at the commencement ceremony. Congratulations!! We are proud of you! (5/13/12)

"Beyond the imaging: Limitations of cellular uptake study in the evaluation of nanoparticles." by Emily Gullotti and Yoon Yeo is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release (4/29/12).

Hillary Holback receives the PRF graduate fellowship. Congratulations! (4/10/12)

"Low molecular-weight chitosan as a pH-sensitive stealth coating for tumor-specific drug delivery" by Zohreh Amoozgar, Joonyoung Park, Qingnuo Lin, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Molecular Pharmaceutics (4/10/12).

"Semi-interpenetrating network of polyethylene glycol and photocrosslinkable chitosan as an in-situ forming nerve adhesive", by Zohreh Amoozgar, Todd Rickett, Joonyoung Park, Chad Tuchek, Riyi Shi, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Acta Biomaterialia (1/16/12).

"Zwitterionic Chitosan Derivative, a New Biocompatible Pharmaceutical Excipient, Prevents Endotoxin-mediated Cytokine Release", by Gaurav Bajaj, William van Alstine, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in PLOS One (12/23/11).

Zohreh Amoozgar, eh-hmm, Dr. Amoozgar celebrates commencement. Congratulations!! (12/18/11)

Emily Gullotti receives the Chorafas Foundation Award (12/9/11). Congratulations!!

"Hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel for regional delivery of paclitaxel to intraperitoneal tumors", by Gaurav Bajaj, Mi Ran Kim, Sulma Mohammed, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release (12/4/11).

Basma Ibrahim and Zohreh Amoozgar receive Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG) Travel Grants. This award provides partial support for their participation in the 2011 AAPS Annual meeting. We appreciate the support of the PGSG and the Graduate School. Congratulations, Basma & Zohreh! (11/26/11)

"Recent advances in stealth coating of nanoparticle drug delivery systems", a review article by Zohreh Amoozgar and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in WIREs Nanomedicine & Nanobiotechnology. Congratulations! (11/25/11)

Zohreh Amoozgar receives a Graduate Student Award at the 2011 American Society of Iranian Pharmaceutical Scientists (ASIPS), a branch of AAPS (10/23/11). Congratulations!

Zohreh Amoozgar receives the 2011 Jenkins-Knevel Award for Outstanding Graduate Research. Her accomplishment will be recognized at a special Graduate Student Awards Symposium to be held on Thursday, November 3rd, at 3:30 p.m. in LAWSON 1142. Congratulations to Zohreh for receiving this honorable recognition! (10/4/11)

The Yeo Lab is moving to MSEE 341, 345, and 349 (8/25/11). This move is part of the Departmental effort to prepare the ground floor, home for many IPPH labs, for the long-overdue renovation. We appreciate the continued support of alumni and friends of IPPH for the renovation!

Karen Liu AND Zohreh Amoozgar receive the 2011-2012 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarships. Congratulations! (8/26/11)

Zohreh Amoozgar receives the Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, which will support completion of her Ph.D. study. Congratulations! (8/15/11)

Emily Gullotti receives a $300 travel grant from the Purdue local section of the American Chemical Society, which will partially support her travel to BMES meeting in October. Congratulations! (8/15/11)

Karen Liu wins the Excellent Student Poster Award for the I/ODG symposium (Indianapolis, 8/9/11). Karen's poster is entitled "pH-Activatable Nanoparticles for Tumor-Specific Drug Delivery". Congratulations! (8/3/11).

"A strategy to delivery genes to cystic fibrosis lungs: A battle with environment", by Basma Ibrahim, Seungman Park, Bumsoo Han, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Journal of Controlled Release (7/29/11).

Emily Gullotti wins the second place in 2011 BMEGSA poster presentation. Congrats! (7/28/11)

Basma Ibrahim receives AFPE (American Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education) Pre-doctoral Fellowship in the Pharmaceutical Sciences for 2011-2012. Congratulations! (6/24/11)

(Belated) congratulations! Joonyoung Park, working with Zohreh Amoozgar, won 3rd place in Life Science in the Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium. (4/15/11) Job well done!

Congratulations! Basma Ibrahim receives continued support of pre-doctoral fellowship from the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) of Indiana. (5/9/11)

Hillary Holback receives a Migliaccio-Pfizer Graduate Fellowship, which provides a year of support for Hillary’s graduate research. Congratulations! (4/28/11)

Joonyoung Park and Erin Wilson receive 2011 Dean's Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations. Look forward to another fun & productive summer! (3/28/11)

Dr. Yeo receives 2011 NSF CAREER award. (3/25/11)

Emily Gullotti receives the Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship for the 2011-12 academic year. Congratulations! (2/23/11)

"Challenges and advances in development of inhalable drug formulations for cystic fibrosis lung disease", by Basma Ibrahim, Michael Tsifansky, Yan Yang, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery (2/4/11).

Emily Gullotti receives Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG) Travel Grant (2/4/11). This award partially supports her last travel to the AAPS meeting in New Orleans. Congratulations!

"Intratumoral drug delivery with nanoparticulate carriers", by Hillary Holback and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Pharm. Res. (12/20/10)

"Mannitol-guided delivery of ciprofloxacin in artificial cystic fibrosis mucus model", by Yan Yang, Michael Tsifansky, Sooyoung Shin, Qingnuo Lin, and Yoon Yeo, is accepted for publication in Biotechnology and Bioengineering. (12/16/10)

Zohreh Amoozgar was awarded with 2010 IPPH Chao Fellowship. Congratulations! (12/2/10)

"A rapidly photocrosslinkable chitosan hydrogel for peripheral neurosurgeries", co-authored by Zohreh Amoozgar and Joonyoung Park, is accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules (11/15/10).

Sooyoung Shin was selected as the recipient for this year's Midwest Society of Cosmetic Chemists Scholarship award. Congratulations! (11/2/10)

Emily Gullotti receives the 2010 Women in Engineering Travel Grant sponsored by the Women in Engineering Program, which will support her travel to the 2010 FIP PSWC/AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans. Congratulations! (9/21/10)

Emily Gullotti AND Hillary Holback receive the 2010-2011 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship. Congratulations! (8/24/10)

Congratulations! Gaurav Bajaj has been selected to receive a travel award from the AAPS Executive Council, which will support his travel to the 2010 FIP PSWC/AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans, Louisiana, November 14‐18. (8/17/10)

"Zwitterionic chitosan derivatives for pH-sensitive stealth coating" (Peisheng, Gaurav, & Tyler) is accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules. (7/26/10)

"Differential effects of insufflated, subcutaneous, and intravenous growth hormone on bone growth, cognitive function and NMDA receptor subunit expression", a study at Samsung Medical Center (Korea) that Sooyoung and Yoon participated as co-authors, is accepted for publication in Endocrinology. Congratulations! (6/10/10)

Congratulations! Basma Ibrahim wins the 2010-2011 pre-doctoral fellowship from the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) of Indiana. (5/12/10)

Zohreh Amoozgar and Dr. Yeo win the 2010 Purdue Research Foundation Research Grant. Congratulations! (4/6/10)

Congratulations! Emily Gullotti wins the P.E.O. Scholar Award! (4/3/10)

Congratulations! Emily Gullotti and Skylar Wolfe are pleased to announce that they become Mr. & Mrs. on March 14th 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada. See their Thank-you note to the Lab. (3/14/10).

Emily Gullotti receives the Magoon Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant (3/1/10). Congratulations!

"Photocrosslinkable chitosan modified with angiopoietin-1 peptide, QHREDGS, promotes survival of neonatal rat heart cells", a study at U. Toronto (PI: M. Radisic) that Zohreh and Yoon participated in as co-authors, is accepted for publication in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research A (1/4/10). Congratulations!

Basma Ibrahim receives Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG) Travel Grant (12/14/09). This award partially supports her last travel to the AAPS meeting in LA. Congratulations!

Gaurav Bajaj's commentary on "Drug delivery systems for intraperitoneal therapy" was accepted for publication in Pharm. Res. Congratulations! (12/3/09)

Basma Ibrahim's paper on "Development of inhalable dry powder formulation of basic fibroblast growth factor" was accepted for publication in Int. J. Pharm. Congratulations! (10/12/09)

Yan Yang (and Haein Yang)'s paper on "Inhalable antibiotic delivery using a dry powder co-delivering recombinant deoxyribonuclease and ciprofloxacin for treatment of cystic fibrosis" was accepted for publication in Pharm. Res. Congratulations! (9/29/09)

Emily Gullotti was chosen as one of the top 10 finalists in the annual Society of Women Engineers Collegiate Poster Competition in the graduate category. Her poster titled "Peritumorally activatable nanoparticles for drug delivery to multidrug resistant tumors" will be presented at The Society of Women Engineers National Conference in Long Beach, CA, in October. Congratulations and good luck! (9/1/09)

Basma Ibrahim receives the 2009-2010 Ronald W. Dollens Graduate Scholarship in the Life Sciences. Congratulations! (8/31/09)

Dr. Yeo receives the 2009 AAPS New Investigator Grant In Pharmaceutics And Drug Delivery And Pharmaceutical Technologies, which will be presented at the 2009 AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition (8/25/09).

Emily Gullotti won the Joe Bourland Graduate Student Travel Award. (8/21/09) Congratulations!

Joonyoung Park's poster presented at 2009 SURF Research Symposium was chosen as one of the top 10 posters out of 115. Zohreh Amoozgar, student mentor for Joonyoung Park, received the 2009 SURF Mentor of the Summer award. (8/6/09) Congratulations to both Zohreh and Joonyoung!

Peisheng Xu (and Griffin Quick)'s paper on "Gene delivery through the use of a hyaluronate-associated intracellularly degradable cross-linked polyethyleneimine" was accepted for publication in Biomaterials. Congratulations! (7/8/09)

Basma Ibrahim won third place in poster presentation at the 41th Annual Pharmaceutics Graduate Student Research Meeting, West Lafayette. Congratulations! (6/26/09)

Emily Gullotti's review paper on "Extracellularly activated nanocarriers: A new paradigm of tumor targeted drug delivery" was published in Molecular Pharmaceutics. Congratulations! (4/14/09)

Zohreh Amoozgar receives the 2009 Lilly Endowment Graduate Research Award. Congratulations! We thank the Lilly Endowment for the support! (4/2/09)

Tyler Shugg receives 2009 Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations! (3/23/09)

Dr. Yeo receives the 3M Non-tenured faculty grant for the third year. We thank 3M for the continuing support! (2/10/09)

Dr. Yeo receives the AACP New Investigator Award. (11/5/08)

Peisheng Xu (and Emily Gullotti)'s paper on "Intracellular drug delivery by poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles, revisited." was published in Molecular Pharmaceutics. Congratulations! (11/26/08)

Yan Yang (and Nimisha Bajaj, Peisheng Xu, and Kim Ohn)'s paper on "Development of highly porous large PLGA microparticles for pulmonary drug delivery" was accepted for publication in Biomaterials. Congratulations! (12/15/08)