Editor Profile: Guest Editors of the Special Issue “Functional Materials, Nanocarriers, and Formulations for Targeted Therapy”

16/j.aps inese P an open espons Prof. Zhonggao Gao is a Professor of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Vice President in the Department of Pharmaceutics, Institute of Materia Medica. He received a Ph. D. degree in Pharmacy in 1998, from Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, and a Bachelor's degree in pharmacy in 1986, from YanBian University, Yanji, China. Prof. Gao is author or co-author of more than 90 original research papers, 5 book chapters and more than 20 patents. Curs on functional material design and synthesis rently, Prof. Gao's studies focu and preparation of nanocarriers for the targeting therapy. The major research area is development of anticancer drug co-loaded siRNA nanoparticles for targeting therapy, and ultrasound-mediated tumor imaging and nanotherapy using drug loaded, block copolymer stabilized perfluorocarbon nanoemulsions. His laboratory is also developing various cell labeling and animal models for evaluation of the release of functional carriers loading drug and gene from tumor blood vessel and therapeutically efficiency in a dorsal skin-fold window chamber model. Prof. Gao is member of numerous scientific societies, such as America Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist and Controlled Release Society. He was frequently invited to give presentations in international and national conferences. He also services as Editorial Board Member of several journals, such as Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B and Chinese Medicinal Biotechnology.