Home Address:

1406 University Village ,

Salt Lake City UT 84108 USA .

Tel: +1-801-585-4901

E-mail: zggao@yahoo.com

Work  Address:      

Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah ( Merril Engineering Building )

50  South Central Campus Dr. Rm. 2532

Salt Lake City UT 84112-9202 USA .

Tel:+1-801-587-9739; Fax:+1-801-585-5361

Educational Background:

B.S         July 82 - July 86               College of Pharmacy , YanBian University , Yanji , China .

                                                       Major: Pharmaceutics

M.S        July 88 – July 91              College of Pharmacy , YanBian University , Yanji , China .

                                                       Major: Pharmaceutics, Academic Advisor: Prof. F.-L. Li

Ph.D.      Sep. 94 - Feb. 98             College of Pharmacy , Seoul National University , Seoul , Korea .

    Major: Physical Pharmacy, Academic Advisor: Prof. C.-K. Kim

Postdoc. Jan. 2001- Mar. 2003       Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences,

                                                            School of Pharmacy , Northeastern University, Boston , MA, USA                 

                                                            Supervisor: Prof. Vladimir P. Torchilin

Mar. 2003- Present           Research Associate

                                         Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah , Salt Lake City, UT, USA

                                              Supervisor: Prof. Natalya Rapoport

Employment Experiences:

July 86-July 88        Teach asistance Department of Pharmaceutics,

                             College of Pharmacy , YanBian University , China

July 91-Sep. 94       Lecturer,           Department of Pharmaceutics,

College of Pharmacy , YanBian University , China .

Feb. 98- Feb. 2000 Associate         Department of Pharmaceutics,

Researcher          College of Pharmacy , Seoul National University , Korea .

Feb. 2000- Jan. 2001     Researcher,           Department of Pharmaceutics,

                                                                         College of Pharmacy , Chungbuk National University , Chengju Korea .

Experienced Scientific Skills:

Instrumental Techniques:      Ultrasound for drug and gene delivery;  electron spin resonance (ESR) technique, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC); Gas Chromatography (GC); Mass Spectroscopy; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy; Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC); Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM); Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM); Radiopharmaceutics Methods; Particle Size Analysis; determination of Zeta Potential; SDS-page; ELISA; Bioconjugate (carrier attach with antibody, Fab or other ligand); Polymer synthesis (PEG-polymer, NH2-polymer, hydrogel, modify small molecular like water soluble Taxol). Drug Delivery System (DDS) (liposome, micelle, microemlsion, micreosphere). Flow cytometry. Imaging contrast agent and IMR.

Small Animal Surgery: Evaluation of Pharmacokinetic Parameters ; Blood and Tissue Distribution; Inhibit Tumor Test; Determination of LD₅₀ and ED₅₀; Flow cytometry; . Cell culture. Tumor or organ cells extract from tissue, IC50, Cytotoxicity.