Bo Sun, PhD

Assistant Research Professor
Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics

Dr. Sun’s research aims to exploit the techniques in synthetic chemistry, immunology, medicine and nanotechnology to develop safe and effective therapies for patients with cancer or other life-threatening diseases.

Education & Post Graduate Training: 

Postdoc, Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2020
Postdoc, Nanomedicine, Johns Hopkins University, 2017
PhD, Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, Purdue University, 2016
BS, MS, Pharmaceutics, China Pharmaceutical University, 2011

Areas of Research: 

Pharmaceutics
Drug Delivery
Biomaterials
Immunotherapy

Types of Research: 
Laboratory-based Research

Select Publications

2022

Ruiz VH, Encinas-Basurto D, Sun B, et al. "Design, Physicochemical Characterization, and In Vitro Permeation of Innovative Resatorvid Topical Formulations for Targeted Skin Drug Delivery." Pharmaceutics. 2022;14(4). PMCID: PMC9026853  PMID: 35456534
Alarcon NOrtega, Jaramillo M, Mansour HM, Sun B. "Therapeutic Cancer Vaccines-Antigen Discovery and Adjuvant Delivery Platforms." Pharmaceutics. 2022;14(7). PMCID: PMC9325128  PMID: 35890342

2020

Sun B, Hyun H, Li L-T, Wang AZ. "Harnessing nanomedicine to overcome the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment." Acta Pharmacol Sin. 2020;41(7):970-985. PMCID: PMC7470849  PMID: 32424240

2019

Sun B, Hagan CT, Caster J, Wang AZ. "Nanotechnology in Radiation Oncology." Hematology/Oncology Clinics. 2019;33(6).
Mi Y, Yang F, Bloomquist C, et al. "Biologically Targeted Photo-Crosslinkable Nanopatch to Prevent Postsurgical Peritoneal Adhesion." Advanced Science. 2019;6(19).
Caster JM, Callaghan C, Seyedin SN, Henderson K, Sun B, Wang AZ. "Optimizing Advances in Nanoparticle Delivery for Cancer Immunotherapy." Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev.. 2019;144:3-15. PMID: 31330165

2017

Park J.Y, Sun B, Yeo Y. "Albumin-coated Nanocrystals for Carrier-free Delivery of Paclitaxel." Journal of Controlled Release. 2017;263.

2016

Sun B, Taha MS, Ramsey B, Torregrosa-Allen S, Elzey BD, Yeo Y. "Intraperitoneal chemotherapy of ovarian cancer by hydrogel depot of paclitaxel nanocrystals." J Control Release. 2016;235:91-98. PMCID: PMC5310690  PMID: 27238443

2015

Abouelmagd SA, Sun B, Chang AC, Ku YJin, Yeo Y. "Release kinetics study of poorly water-soluble drugs from nanoparticles: are we doing it right?" Mol. Pharm.. 2015;12(3):997-1003. PMCID: PMC4764376  PMID: 25658769
Cho EJung, Sun B, Doh K-O, et al. "Intraperitoneal delivery of platinum with in-situ crosslinkable hyaluronic acid gel for local therapy of ovarian cancer." Biomaterials. 2015;37:312-9. PMCID: PMC4312226  PMID: 25453960