Jianqin Lu

Jianqin Lu

Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute
Primary Department
Contact
(520) 626-1786

Research Interest

Jianqin Lu, B.Pharm., PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, College of Pharmacy. The overarching goal of the Lu lab is to apply synthetic chemistry, nanoparticle engineering, and tumor immunology to develop efficacious nanotherapeutics to address the pressing unmet needs in current cancer therapy. Dr. Lu’s graduate research focused on developing functional nanocarriers for synergistic tumor targeted delivery of chemotherapeutics for improved anticancer efficacy and reduced side effects for treating breast, prostate, and cervical tumors. During his postdoctoral training, Dr. Lu developed a nano-enabled cancer immuno-therapeutics platform via instigating the immunogenic cell death (ICD) and inhibiting the immunosuppressive IDO metabolic immune checkpoint. Dr. Lu was the recipient of the Norman R. and Priscilla A. Farnsworth Award at University of Pittsburgh, and USHHS Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award in Tumor Immunology among others. Dr. Lu has published 26 research articles, 1 book chapter, and 4 patent applications as well as been the invited speaker in the prestigious 41st Controlled Released Society Annual Meeting & Exposition. Dr. Lu received a PhD degree in Pharmaceutics from University of Pittsburgh (2014), and completed Postdoctoral training at Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago (2015), and in Nanomedicine/Tumor Immunology at California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA (2019), respectively. Lu Lab website: https://caoabgail.wixsite.com/jianqinlu