Principal Investigator
Research Staff
Rahela Zaman, PhD
Intersection of mucus transport and infection susceptibility; remodeling the mucus barrier to manipulate drug exposure
Yice Zhang
Mycobacterium abscessus environmental niches and impact on antibiotic activity; ion-pairing to facilitate mucus transport of synergistic antibiotics; microbiome remodeling
PhD Students
Nuz Dechayont
Use of polymers to chemically and physically stabilize small molecules; antibiotic synergy; membrane transport
Nishant Shah
Development of novel instrumentation and methodology for studying soft matter drug transport via mechanical and electromagnetic waves
Grace Xia
Control of spatial distribution in complex multi-component spray dried particles; protein stabilization and formulation design; inhaler performance modeling; manipulation of mucus viscoelasticity in nasal drug delivery
Emma Schneck
Transient modulation of airway mucus to improve nanoparticle transport, bioavailability, and gene delivery in cystic fibrosis
Stephanie Kagawa
Predicting and controlling interfacial adsorption in therapeutic proteins and airway infection to improve stability, immune recognition, and therapeutic performance
Master's Students
Shawn Li
Reducing variability in infection models for drug susceptibility testing
Xiuhao Guan
Prediction of protein instability based on sequence
Alumni
| Name | Degree / Role | Next Position | Research in Lab |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mariana Romero-Gonzalez | PhD | Eli Lilly | Formulation design for synergistic antibiotics; drug transport in antimicrobial assays; solid-state engineering |
| Linze Che | MS / Volunteer Researcher | PhD student, Purdue University | Development of inhaled amorphous solid dispersions and novel methods to assess particle dissolution |
| Mercy Okezue | PhD | Tenure-track faculty, Michigan State University | Formulation design for fragile glass formers; synergistic antibiotics; lung-targeting delivery |
| Ziting Chen | MS | PhD student, UC Berkeley | Development of chronic infection models for antibiotic susceptibility testing |