Kun
Cheng, Ph.D.
Professional Experience
2022- Sperry Family Fund 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. 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
Rabeya
Akter Urmi, M.S. (Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University) PhD
Student
Yeruva
Sri Pooja, M.S. (National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research,
NIPER), PhD Student
Sajib
Chandra Roy, M.S. (University of Dhaka), PhD student
Yuhan Guo, M.S. (University of Mississippi), PhD
student
Sushil Koirala, M.S. (Kathmandu University), PhD
student
Chien-Yu Lin, Ph.D. (UMKC), Senior Research Associate
Lab Alumni
Yongren Li, Ph.D. (UMKC, 2025), Current: Postdoc
Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis
Reaid Hasan, Ph.D. (UMKC, 2025), Current: Instructor,
College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS)
Nurudeen Ibrahim, Ph.D. UMKC (2025), Current: Clinical Chemistry
Fellow, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Mohammed Alahmari, Ph.D. UMKC (2024), Current: Assistant
Professor, Al-Baha University, Saudi Arabia
Sherin Shaji, Ph.D. UMKC (2023), Current: Postdoc
Fellow, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Yanli Liu, Ph.D. UMKC (2023),
Current: Postdoc Fellow, University of Kansas
Chien-Yu Lin, Ph.D. UMKC (2023) Current: Senior
Research Associate, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Sashi Kandel, Ph.D.
UMKC (2023)
Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s Mercy
Maryam Nakhjiri, Ph.D. UMKC
(2023) Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan
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, Faculty
of Pharmacy, Applied Science University, Jordan
Yuanke Li, Ph.D. (2020) Current: Associate Professor, Hebai
University of Technology, 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), Professor, Guangxi
University of Chinese Medicine, China
Xiaohui Wei (2016-2017, Visiting Scholar), Professor, Shanghai
University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China