Mingnan Chen
Title: Assistant Professor
Contact Information:
University of Utah
Department of Pharmaceutics
& Pharmaceutical Chemistry
421 Wakara Way, Rm 318
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
PHONE: 801-581-7616
Email address: mingnan.chen@utah.edu
Education Background:
- Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences,
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT, 2007 - M.Sc in Biological Sciences,
Peking University
Beijing, China, 1999 - B.A. in Aquaculture
Jimei University
Beijing, China, 1996
Biosketch:
Dr. Mingnan Chen joined the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry as an Assistant Professor. Besides teaching professional and graduate students in the College of Pharmacy, Dr. Chen is interested in the innovation and study of drug delivery strategies to elevate medical treatments including cancer therapy in particular. His research program at the University of Utah will start with two immediate projects: 1) developing drug targeting strategies toward metastatic cancer cells, and 2) developing polypeptide-base nanocarriers for cancer vaccines. Before assuming the position at the University of Utah, Dr. Chen received postdoctoral training at Duke University in engineering cancer drug carriers by using recombinant polypeptides. He also characterized pharmaceutical, therapeutical, pharmacological properties of the carriers. Earlier at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Chen spent his Ph.D. study in exploring a quality control mechanism in the MHC Class I antigen presentation of human immunity. Dr. Chen has published 9 peer-reviewed articles and one book chapter and recently received the NIH career development award (K99) in cancer nanotechnology.
