Professor
University of Connecticut
Xiuling Lu, Professor at the University of Connecticut, Associate Director of Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research, Past Chair of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology & Education, received her Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering from the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She was appointed as a Research Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 2008 to 2011 prior to joining the School of Pharmacy at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Lu’s research is focused on innovative nanotechnologies that target difficult-to-treat cancers, optimization and evaluation of drug formulations and pharmaceutical processing, as well as the use of versatile imaging tools to improve pharmaceutical product quality. The innovative research has resulted in close to 100 peer reviewerd araticles and patent applications. One of the patents was licensed to a startup pharmaceutical company. Dr. Lu is a newly appointed Editor of AAPS Open. Dr. Lu received American Association of University Professors-UConn Excellence in Research and Creativity: Early Career Award in 2016 and Dean Robert L. McCarthy Faculty Service Award in 2019 as well as 2023 Research Advising Award. Dr. Lu was elected as the American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences (AAPS) Fellow in 2023.