Associate Department Head, Industrial and Molecular Pharmaceutics
Purdue University
Prof. Yoon Yeo is a Professor and Associate Department Head of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy at Purdue University. Prof. Yeo leads a research program specializing in nanoparticle surface engineering for drug delivery to solid tumors, intracellular delivery of peptide antibiotics and gene therapeutics, functional biomaterials for immunomodulation, and local drug delivery, with the support of the NIH, NSF, and industry. Prof. Yeo has authored 112 peer-reviewed papers and ten book chapters, with an h-index of 53 and >9000 citations. Prof. Yeo received the CRS Samyang Award (2021), NSF CAREER Award (2011), New Investigator Awards from the AAPS (2009), and American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (2008). She is a Fellow of the AAPS (since 2019) and currently serves as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Controlled Release.