Kun
Cheng, Ph.D.
Professional Experience
2022- Sperry Family Endowed Chair, University of
Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City
2019- Curators’ Distinguished Professor,
University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City
2017-2019 Professor
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City
2013-2017 Associate Professor of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City
2007-2013
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of
Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City,
Academic Background
Ph.D. Pharmaceutical
Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA
M.S.
Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
B.S./M.S. Pharmaceutical Sciences, China Pharmaceutical
University, China
Awards
2021
Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
(AIMBE)
2020
Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring, UMKC
2020
Fellow, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
2019
N.T. Veatch Award for Distinguished Research and Creativity, UMKC
2018
Trustees' Faculty Fellowship Award, UMKC
2015 American
Cancer Society Research Scholar
2013 Chancellor's
Early Career Award for Excellence in Teaching, UMKC
2013
Trustees' Faculty Scholar Award, UMKC
2012 Runner-up for
the Teacher of the Year Award (PharmD class of 2015 for the 2011-2012 academic
year), UMKC School of Pharmacy
2011 New
Investigator Grant Award in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technologies,
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
2008 Concept
Award, Department of Defense (DoD) Breast Cancer Research Program
2008 New Faculty
Teaching Scholars (NFTS), University of Missouri
Lab Members
Yuhan Guo, M.S. (University of Mississippi), August
2021-present
Sushil Koirala, M.S. (Kathmandu University), August
2021-present
Yongren Li, B.S. (China Pharmaceutical University)
August 2019-present
Reaid Hasan, M.S. (Lehigh University) August
2019-present
Nurudeen Ibrahim, M.S. (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology) January 2019- present
Lab Alumni
Mohammed Alahmari, M.S. (University of Hertfordshire), Ph.D. UMKC
(2024)
Sherin Shaji, M.S. (Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya),
Ph.D. UMKC (2023), Current: Postdoc Fellow, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Yanli Liu, M.S. (East China
University of Science and Technology), Ph.D. UMKC (2023)
Chien-Yu Lin, M.S. (Taipei Medical University), Ph.D.
UMKC (2023) Current: Postdoc Fellow, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Sashi Kandel, M.S.
(Kathmandu University), Ph.D. UMKC (2023) Current: Postdoc Fellow, University of
Kansas Medical Center
Maryam Nakhjiri, Ph.D. UMKC
(2023) Current: Scientist II, KCAS Bioanalytical & Biomarker Services
Pratik Adhikary, Ph.D. UMKC (2023) Current: Pharmaceutical Development
Scientist I, Catalent Pharma Solutions
Pratikkumar Vinodchandra Patel, Ph.D. UMKC (2022) Current: Senior
Scientist in mRNA formulations, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.
John Fetse, M.S. Ph.D. UMKC (2022) Current: Assistant Professor,
School of Pharmacy, Larkin University
Joseph Bean, (UMKC School of Medicine), Medical Student
Researcher, 2020-2022
Bahaa Mustafa, Ph.D. (2022) Current: Assistant Professor, School
of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Yuanke Li, Ph.D. (2020) Current: Assistant Professor, Nankai
University, Tianjin, China
Zhen Zhao, Ph.D. (2018) Current: Associate Professor, Hebai
University of Technology, Tianjin, China
Ashutosh Barve, Ph.D. (2018) Current: Senior Scientist, R&D,
Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), LLC
Akshay Jain, Ph.D. (2018), Current: Scientist, Janssen R&D,
Johnson & Johnson
Hao Liu, Ph.D. (2018), Current: US Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
Wei Jin, Ph.D. (2017), Current: Principal Scientist, Amgen
Zhijin Chen, Ph.D. (2016),
Current: Associate Director, Gilead Sciences
Rubi Mahato, Ph.D. (2014), Current: Assistant Professor
(tenure track), School of Pharmacy, Wilkes University
Ravi Shukla, Ph.D. (2014), Current: Senior Manager, Bristol Myers
Squibb (BMS)
Bin Qin, Ph.D. (2012), Current: US Food and Drug Administration
(FDA)
Wanyi Tai, Ph.D. (2012), Current: Professor, School of
Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, China
Weiwei Chen (2015-2016, Visiting Scholar), Nanjing University of
Chinese Medicine
Xiaohui Wei (2016-2017, Visiting Scholar), Shanghai
University of Traditional Chinese Medicine