Rutgers: Prof. Sinko's Research Lab

Group

	Sinko's Group

	Patrick J. Sinko Principal Investigator sinko@rci.rutgers.edu
	Amy Grabowski Secretarial Asst III, Department of Pharmaceutics Tel: (732) 445-3831 *213; Fax: (732) 445-4271 grabowsk@rci.rutgers.edu
Research Faculty
	Stanley Stein, Ph. D. Research Associate Professor Tel: (732) 445-3831 *224; Fax: (732) 445-3134 ststein@rci.rutgers.edu Dr. Stein received his PhD. (Biochemistry) from City University of New York (USA). He did posdoctoral studies at Roche Institute of Molecular Biology (USA) and then at departmets of Hoffmann-La Roche (USA). In 1986 he joined the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine (CABM), a joint venture of Rutgers University and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). He joined Sinko's group in 2002.

	Xiaoping Zhang, Ph. D. Research Assistant Professor Tel: (732) 445-3831 *227; Fax: (732) 445-3134 xzhang@rci.rutgers.edu Xiaoping received his PhD. (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) from Rutgers University (USA). He worked as postdoctoral fellow at the Medical Research Division of American Cyanamid Co. (NY). He joined the Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical School (USA) as research associate in 1994 and later became Research Assistant Professor in 1995. He returned to Rutgers in 1999 as Senior Research Scientist at the College of Pharmacy. Currently, he is working as Assistant Research Professor. Xiaoping's research efforts are directed towards the identification of novel cell-targeting ligands, intracellular fate of drug delivery conjugates, and mechanism of cell penetrating peptides and endosomal escape.

	Simi Gunaseelan, Ph. D. Research Assitant Professor Tel: (732) 445-3831 *235; Fax: (732) 445-3134 simig@rci.rutgers.edu Dr. Simi received her PhD. (Physico-Organic Chemistry) from North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong (India). She joined Sinko's group as posdoctoral associate in 2002. Currently, she is working as Research Assistant Professor.
Research Associates
	Dayuan Gao, Ph. D. Research Associate Tel: (732) 445-3831 ext. 235; Fax: (732) 445-3134 dayuang@rci.rutgers.edu Dayuan received his PhD. (Biochemistry) from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (China). He did postdoctoral studies at Kyoto Pharmaceutical University (Japan) and Mount Sinai Medical Center (USA). He joined Sinko's group in 2005.

	Shahriar Pooyan, Ph. D. Research Associate Tel: (732) 445-3831 *204; Fax: (732) 445-3134 pooyan@rci.rutgers.edu Shahriar recived his PhD. (Microbiology and Molecular Genetics) from Rutgers University (USA). He worked at Logan Instruments (New Jersey, USA) and Recombinant Technologies (Connecticut, USA) for a short time before joining Sinko's group in 2005.

	Donglin Liu, Ph. D. Research Associate donglin@rci.rutgers.edu Donglin received his PhD. (Physiology) from Chinese Academy of Sciences. He did posdoctoral studies at UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School (Newark) and The Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Rutgers University-UMDNJ (Piscataway). He joined Sinko's group in 2007.

	Yashveer Singh, Ph. D. Research Associate Yashveer received his PhD. (Chemistry) from University of Allahabad (India). He did posdoctoral studies at Indian Institute of Science (India) and Université Joseph Fourier (France). He joined Sinko's group in 2005.
Postdoctoral Associates
	Manjeet Deshmukh, Ph. D. Postdoctoral Associate manjeetd@rci.rutgers.edu Manjeet received his PhD. (Chemistry) from Philipps Universität Marburg (Germany). He joined Sinko's group in 2005.

	Anupa Menjoge, Ph. D. Postdoctoral Associate amenjoge@rci.rutgers.edu Anupa received her PhD. (Pharmaceutical Sciences) from National Chemical Laboratory (University of Pune, India) in 2006. Earlier, she worked as Formulation Scientist in Lupin Research Park, Pune (2000-2002) and as Lecturer in Pharmaceutics at Institute of Pharmacy, Wardha, India (1999-2000). She did a Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights and Patent Law from Symbiosis Deemed University, Pune (2003-2004). She joined Sinko's group in 2007.
Graduate Students
	Hill Kutscher Graduate Student kutscher@eden.rutgers.edu Hill received his B. S. (Chemical Engineering) from Clarkson University (US) in 2001. He joined Sinko's group in 2003. He is working on lung drug delivery systems. He enjoys being outdoors.

	Sree Priya Anumolu Graduate Student sanumolu@eden.rutgers.edu Sree received her B. S. (Pharm) from Nagarjuna University (India). She joined Sinko's group in 2004. She is working on drug-delivery systems for skin and eye .

	Pei-Ming Chen Graduate Student peiming@eden.rutgers.edu Peiming received his B. S. (Environmental Science) from TungHai University (Taiwan). He joined the graduate school of Pharmaceutical Science at Rutgers in 2005.

	Matthew Palombo Graduate Student mpalombo@eden.rutgers.edu Mat received his B. S. E. (Biomedical Engineering) from Tulane University (New Orleans). He joined Sinko's group in 2006. He is working on HIV/AIDS drug-delivery.

	Sherif Ibrahim Graduate Student sherifi@eden.rutgers.edu Sherif received his B. A. (Cell Biology) from Rutgers College in 2004. He joined Sinko's group in 2006. He is working on drug delivery systems for prostate and breast cancer.