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Welcome to Professor Jianjun Cheng's group
website at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Position Available:
We have 1 graduate student positions
in fall, 2009 or spring 2010.
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information
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and
Engineering
Affiliated faculty of Department of Chemistry, Department of Bioengineering,
and Micro- and Nanotechnology Laboratory
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Education
2004-5
Postdoc Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Advisor: Robert
Langer)
2001
Ph.D.
Materials Science University
of California, Santa Barbara (Advisor: Timothy Deming)
1996
M.S. Chemistry Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (Advisor: Gerard
Smith)
1993
B.S.
Chemistry Nankai University, China (Advisor: Jin-Pei Cheng)
Experience
2005 - present
Assistant professor, Materials Science and Engineering,
Chemistry, Bioengineering and MNTL, UIUC
2004 - 2005
Consultant, Insert Therapeutics, Inc.
2001 - 2004
Senior scientist, Insert Therapeutics, Inc.
Awards
2008, 2009 Teacher Ranked as Excellent, UIUC
Center for Teaching Excellence
2008 NSF CAREER Award
2007 Prostate Cancer
Foundation Competitive Award
2007 ACS Petroleum Research
Foundation Type G Award
Research Interest
Polymeric nanomedicine for
cancer therapy and cancer targeting
Polypeptide: synthesis and
application
Non-viral gene delivery
Hydrogel for stem cell tissue
engineering
Contact Information
1304 West Green Street, 201 MSEB, MC 246,
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 61801
Office Phone: 217-244-3924; Fax:
217-333-2736; Student Office Phone: 217-244-2835
Office:
MSEB 2209; Lab:
MSEB 2203, 2207 and 2211. Student Office:
MSEB 2212
Funding
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