Chen's Laboratory for Immunotherapeutic Study

Current Members

                        Mingnan Chen, PhD

                            Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry

                           E-mail: mingnan.chen.at.utah.edu

                           Dr. Chen is an assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics and 

                           Pharmaceutical Chemistry at University of Utah and a member of the Utah Nano Institute. He is also a member of the Experimental Therapeutics Program at Huntsman Cancer Institute. Dr. Chen received a bachelor's degree from the Jimei University, a master’s degree from Peking University, and a PhD from the University of Connecticut.

                        Shuyun Dong, PhD

                            Research Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceutical Chemistry

                           E-mail: shuyun.dong.at.utah.edu

                           I received my M.D. degree from West China University of Medical Sciences, M.P.H.

                           degree from Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, and PhD degree from University of Massachusetts Medical School. I joined the lab in 2012. My research focuses on developing novel carriers for vaccine delivery. I enjoy playing with my girl in my free time.

                       Peng Wang - PhD student
                          E-mail: peng.wang.at.pharm.utah.edu

                          I completed my undergraduate degree at Sun Yet-sen University in 2013. In the same

                          year I joined Dr. Chen's lab to pursue my doctoral degree in Pharmaceutics and

                          Pharmaceutical Chemistry. My research aims to compare the immunogenic and non-

                          immunogenic carriers for drug delivery. Skiing is my favorite. I also like biking, rock climbing, hiking and fishing.

Former Members 

Peng Zhao, Ph.D. (2018) 

Min-Jee Goh - P-SURF student. (2017)

Dr. Tiefeng Xu - Visiting Scholar from Hainan Medical University. (2016)

Andrew Ramstead - Postdoctoral Fellow. (2014-2015)

Jinya Yin - BC Program student. (Spring 2015)

Chau Ho - Pharm.D Candidate (Spring 2015)

Megha Kundra - JDCHS Summer Program (Summer 2014)

Olimpia Okamura - ACCESS Program (Spring 2014)

Jaden Logik - Visiting Student (Spring 2014)

Michael Enda - JDCHS Summer Program (Summer 2013)

Scott Cho - Postdoctoral Fellow (April 2012-May 2013)