Professor of Pharmaceutics and Bioengineering
University of Illinois Chicago
Richard (Rick) A. Gemeinhart, Ph.D. is a Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois Chicago. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Purdue University from the Department of Interdisciplinary Engineering (now engineering Education) conducting research in the Laboratory of Renewable Resource Engineering. For his doctoral (PhD) education, Prof. Gemeinhart moved to the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy at Purdue University with Prof. Kinam Park focusing the interface of materials science and drug delivery. Upon completion of his PhD, Prof. Gemeinhart joined Prof. W. Mark Saltzman in the School of Chemical Engineering at Cornell University focusing on ocular drug delivery, in vitro transfection, and tissue engineering. For his research accomplishments, Prof. Gemeinhart was named Society For Biomaterials Young Investigator, AACP New Investigator and Vahlteich Scholar at UIC. Prof. Gemeinhart has been funded by the NIH, DOD, NSF, and several foundations and been an active reviewer for the NIH, NSF, and other agencies. Prof. Gemeinhart is Editor for Pharmaceutical Research and a member of the Editorial Board of two other journals. Prof. Gemeinhart’s laboratory focuses on understanding the stability and inflammatory impact of biomaterials used for drug delivery.