Prof. Dr. Juliane Nguyen
Principal Investigator
Juliane Nguyen, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair
Director of Graduate Admissions, DPMP
Executive Editor of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics
Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering UNC/NCState
Member of the UNC Lineberger Cancer Center
Member of the UNC McAllister Heart Institute
Eshelman School of Pharmacy
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Email: julianen@email.unc.edu
Short Bio: Dr. Juliane Nguyen is Professor and Vice Chair in the Division of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Nguyen leads an interdisciplinary lab to develop innovative and personalized biotherapeutics for cancer, myocardial infarction, colitis, and other diseases by merging cutting-edge molecular engineering with pharmaceutical sciences and bioinformatics. Dr. Nguyen has received several prestigious awards, including the NYSTAR faculty award, the NSF CAREER Award (2018), the Biomedical Engineering Society’s Young Innovator Award (2019), and the AAPS Emerging Leader Award (2019). After being board-certified as a pharmacist in Germany, she received her Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the Philipps-University of Marburg (Germany), where Dr. Thomas Kissel mentored her. She then trained at UCSF under Dr. Frank Szoka as a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Postdoctoral Fellow.
Dr. Nguyen was named a Fellow of the Controlled Release Society in 2023 and a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2024.
Dr. Nguyen has served on more than 30 NIH and NSF study sections. She is a member of the NIH Drug and Biologic Therapeutic Delivery (DBTD) study section. Additionally, Dr. Nguyen is the Executive Editor of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (IF 17.8), an internationally recognized journal in the field of drug delivery.
In her free time, Dr. Nguyen loves getting her hands dirty with pottery, going on runs with her husband and their poodles (Gizmo and Cosmo), and swimming in the ocean for some snorkeling adventures.
EDUCATION
2013: Visiting Scientist: University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Lab of Dr. Brian Kay
2009 – 2013: Post-doc at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
Department of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences, Advisor: Dr. Francis Szoka
2005 – 2009: PhD: Philipps-University Marburg (Germany)
Dept. of Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Advisor: Dr. Thomas Kissel
1999 – 2004: PharmD: Philipps-University Marburg (Germany)
Board Certified Pharmacist in Germany
AWARDS, HONORS, POSITIONS
– Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (2024)
– Fellow of the Controlled Release Society (2023)
– Standing Member of the NIH Drug and Biologic Therapeutic Delivery (2023-2025)
– Galenus Guest Professorship at ETH Zuerich (June 2024)
– Teaching awards – Worthy of Recognition (9 times since 2019)
– Galenus Guest Professorship at ETH Zuerich (June 2024)
– Keynote Speaker at Vanderbilt University (2023)
– Galenus Keynote Speaker at Bioabarriers (2021)
– Executive Editor of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews (2021-Present)
– Standing Member of the NIH Gene and Drug Delivery Study Section (2021-2025)
– Eshelman Innovation Award (2020)
– Emerging Leader – American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (2019)
– Young Innovator in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering – Biomedical Engineering Society (2019)
– NY-STAR Faculty Award (2019)
– NSF CAREER Award (2018)
– Pioneering Pharmaceutical Science by Emerging Investigators – AAPSJ (2018)
– UB Exceptional Scholar – Young Investigator Award (2017)
– Biomedical Breakthrough Award at UCSF (2011)
– German Research Foundation Fellowship (DFG) Award (2011-2013)
– Controlled Release Society Travel Award (2007)
– PharmD Fellowship Award (2005)
More about Dr. Nguyen:
Dr. Juliane Nguyen was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Dr. Juliane Nguyen was inducted into the College of Fellows of the Controlled Release Society!
Dr. Juliane Nguyen has been appointed as Executive Editor of Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews!
Feature of Dr. Juliane Nguyen in AAPS News Magazine – Read more about Dr. Nguyen’s approach to mentoring and research here:
https://www.aapsnewsmagazine.org/aapsnewsmagazine/articles/2021/jan21/member-spotlight-jan21
Interview with Dr. Juliane Nguyen:
Dr. Juliane Nguyen receives the 2019 AAPS Emerging Leader Award
Dr. Juliane Nguyen receives the 2019 CMBE Young Innovator Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society
