Research Interests
Principles and mechanisms of delivery for drugs, genes, and vaccines; pharmacokinetics; electrotransfer or electroporation technology; and tumor pathophysiology.
Selected Grants
Chemically Assisted Electrotransfer of DNA
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027University Training Program in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1994 - 2027Computational Design of Antibody-Drug-Excipient Nanoparticles
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2026CIVICS Component A - Option 5
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2025Leica Stellaris Confocal for a Campus-wide Shared Resource
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2025Non-Canonical Pathways for Electrogene Transfer
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023CIVICS A - Option 23B
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2020 - 2022Pharmacological Sciences Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEParticipating Faculty Member · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020Investigation of Endocytosis Involved in Electrotransfection
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2018OCT measurement of TM/SC stiffness in living mice
ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by BrightFocus Foundation · 2015 - 2017Analysis of DNA transport in electrotransfected cells
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2013 - 2017Shear stress regulation of barrier function in Schlemm's canal
FellowshipCo-Sponsor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2014 - 2016Biosensor Biocompatibility
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1999 - 2015Delivery of Bacterial Therapeutics to Solid Tumors
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2009 - 2013Intravital point-scanning confocal microscope
ResearchMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2011Electric Field-Mediated Gene Delivery in MCL Tumor Model
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2010Training in Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2003 - 2009Electric Field-Forced Gene Transfer in Solid Tumors
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2009Electric Field-Forced Gene Transfer in Solid Tumors
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2002 - 2007CAREER: Improving Convective Transport of Drugs and Genes in Solid Tumors
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2000 - 2006Upgrade of a Shared Instrumentation Resource in the PSOE: The Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope
EquipmentCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Lord Foundation of North Carolina · 2002 - 2005External Relationships
- SalioGen Therapeutics, Inc.
This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has reported outside activities with the companies, institutions, or organizations listed above. This information is available to institutional leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts of interest.