PhD
Associate Professor, Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
UNC-Chapel Hill
Molecular Therapeutics
Area of Interest
The translational research program of Juliane Nguyen, PhD, focuses on developing the next generation of safe and effective biotherapeutics for life-threatening diseases such as cancer and myocardial infarction.
Her research has led to the discovery of novel biomaterials that allow unprecedented loading of stem-cell derived exosomes with therapeutic cargoes including nucleic acids, paving the way for cell-free therapeutics in many diseases including cardiac regeneration after myocardial infarction. Her lab recently developed immunomodulatory protein-based agents capable of reprogramming tumor-associated macrophages and T cells to suppress the growth of triple-negative breast cancer and other aggressive cancers.
Awards and Honors
- CMBE Young Innovator Award, 2019
- AAPS Emerging Leader Award, 2019
- NYSTAR Faculty Award, 2019
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2018
- Pioneering Pharmaceutical Sciences by Emerging Investigators Award, 2018
- Exceptional Scholar Young Investigator Award, University at Buffalo, 2017
