Dr. Xiaoling Li
Xiaoling Li, Ph.D. is a Professor of Pharmaceutics and Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Research in Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at the University of the Pacific. Dr. Li is a Fellow of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and a Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He received BS in Pharmacy and MS in Nuclear Pharmacy from Shanghai Medical University in 1982 and 1985, respectively. Under the guidance of Dr. Sung Wan Kim, Dr. Li obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of Utah in 1991. Prior to his academic career, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Ciba-Geigy Corp (now Novartis). Dr. Li’s research interest areas include oral mucosal drug delivery, novel polymers for pharmaceutical and medical application, targeting drug delivery, antibody mimics, drug transport across biological membranes, and application of physicochemical concepts to novel dosage form design. His research projects are funded by both NIH and pharmaceutical industry. He holds 6 patents with 42 patent applications pending and has published more than 90 papers/book chapters, over 160 abstracts/presentations, and two books entitled “Design of Controlled Release Drug Delivery Systems” and “Oral Bioavailability”. Dr. Li received CRS Outstanding Paper Award for the Journal of Controlled Release in 1992. He is a Thomas J. Long Fellow, recognized as a Distinguished Faculty Research Lecturer (2003), and received Distinguished Faculty Award (2012) at the University of the Pacific. Dr. Li is the recipient of AAPS Outstanding Educator Award in 2015. He is a member of the Association of American Pharmaceutical Scientists, Controlled Release Society, and a convention member of USP. Dr. Li has mentored and trained 24 Ph.D., 3 MS, 15 post doctoral research fellows, and 18 visiting scientists. He co-founded two companies, Formurex, Inc., a formulation development company in 2006 and Triastek, a 3D printing pharmaceutical company in 2015. Dr. Li works closely with the pharmaceutical industry and provides consultation for product development to various pharmaceutical companies.