Dr. Patrick Sinko is a Pharmacist (BS, Rutgers, 1982) and a Pharmaceutical Scientist (PhD, Pharmaceutics, The University of Michigan, 1988). From 1988-1991, he held a joint appointment at the University of Michigan and TSRL, Inc. Dr. Sinko has risen through the academic ranks at Rutgers University since 1991 and is currently Professor II of Pharmaceutics. In 2007 he was appointed Associate Vice President for Research. Dr. Sinko was elected a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists in 2003. He is a co-founder of two companies NaviCyte, Inc. and TheraPort Biosciences. Dr. Sinko is a member of the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, the Environmental Occupational Health Safety Institute, the UMDNJ-Rutgers CounterACT Center of Excellence, and the NSF/NCI IGERT program in NanoPharmaceutical Engineering.

Professor Sinko teaches in the Pharm.D. and Pharmaceutical Science, Toxicology, and Biomedical Engineering Graduate Programs. His research program has been continuously funded by the NIH and the Pharmaceutical Industry since 1992. He has trained 18 MS and PhD students, mentored 37 visiting scholars, research associates and postdocs and is currently supervising 9 PhD and 2 PharmD Honors students. Dr. Sinko is the Editor and Principal Author of the Fifth edition of the textbook, Martin’s Physical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Dr. Sinko has served on numerous national and international scientific advisory and review panels including the Pharmacology and Xenobiotic and Nutrient Disposition and Action Study Sections of the NIH. He currently serves on a Scientific Advisory Committee for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association Foundation. Dr. Sinko is Section Editor for the European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of several journals. He is an active member of several professional organizations, was elected to the Controlled Release Society’s Board of Scientific Advisors, and is Chair of the Oral Absorption and Nanotechnology Focus groups of the AAPS. Dr. Sinko has received numerous awards for his research and teaching during his career including a highly selective NIH MERIT Award in 2006.