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Distinguished Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics
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Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
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Honorary Professor, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Professional Service
- National Cancer Institute of the Czech Republic.
Role: Member.
International Advisory Board.
01/27/2022 - present
- National Institute of Health.
Member (ad hoc) of the NANO Study Section.
01/03/2022 - 02/18/2022
- Controlled Release Society (CRS).
CRS College of Fellows Subcommittee.
01/2022 - 12/2022
- Controlled Release Society.
Role: Selection of candidates for Society officers.
Nominating Committee Member.
09/2016 - 12/31/2018
- International Scientific Journal "Critical Reviews in Therapeutic Drug Carrier Systems".
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/2015 - present
- International Scientific Journal "Drug Delivery".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2015 - present
- International Scientific Journal "European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2015 - present
- International Scientific Journal "Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology.
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2015 - present
- Scientific Journal "Czech and Slovak Pharmacy".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2015 - present
- International Scientific Journal "Journal of Biomaterials Science; Polymer Edition".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2015 - present
- International Scientific Journal "Current Drug Delivery".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2015 - present
- International Scientific Journal "Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2015 - present
- International Scientific Journal "European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2015 - present
- International Scientific Journal "Journal of Controlled Release".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2015 - present
- International Scientific Journal "Macromolecular Bioscience".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2015 - present
- International Scientific Journal "Biomaterials".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2015 - 01/31/2024
- International Scientific Journal "Biomacromolecules".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2015 - 12/2019
- International Scientific Journal "Molecular Pharmaceutics".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/2010 - 12/31/2019
- National Institutes of Health.
Role: Member and Chair.
College of CSR Reviewers. In 2011 I participated in one study section teleconference meeting (4 proposals) and chaired one teleconference study section meeting to review a program project.
01/2010 - 12/2012
- Nebraska Center of Nanomedicine.
Role: Member.
External Advisory Committee.
07/2006 - present
- International Scientific Journal "Bioconjugate Chemistry".
Member, Editorial Board.
01/1993 - 12/2013
Internal Service
- Tenured faculty 5-year review committee.
01/2017 - 12/2017.
College service.
- University Senate.
Member,
01/2015 - 06/2016.
University service.
- Tenured faculty 5-year review committee.
01/01/2010 - 12/31/2011.
College service.
- Department of Bioengineering RPT Committee.
Chair,
01/2008 - 01/2009.
Department service.
- Curriculum Committee, College of Pharmacy.
Member,
01/01/2007 - 06/30/2021.
College service.
- Scholastic Standards Committee.
Member,
01/01/2007 - 06/30/2014.
College service.
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry Chair Search Committee.
Member,
11/03/2023 - present.
College service.
- Faculty Workload Taskforce.
Member,
11/01/2023 - 02/01/2024.
College service.
- VP for Research Limited Submission Committee.
Member,
10/07/2022 - present.
University service.
- Department of Molecular Pharmaceutics RPT Committee.
Chair,
01/2022 - 12/2022.
Department service.
- Sung Wan Kim Endowed Chair in Drug and Gene Delivery Search Committee.
Chair,
09/2021 - present.
Department service.
- PharmD Projects Committee.
Member,
09/01/2021 - present.
College service.
- Research Strategy Committee.
Member,
09/01/2021 - present.
College service.
- Awards and Financial Aid Committee.
Member,
09/01/2021 - 12/31/2023.
College service.
- College RPT Advisory Committee (CRPTAC).
Replacement Chair,
12/2020 - 12/2020.
College service.
- Faculty Search Committee.
Member,
08/2020 - 03/2021.
Department service.
- Organizing Committee of the 18th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Drug Delivery Systems to honor the late Sung Wan Kim; Salt Lake City, Utah, February 22-24, 2022.
Member ,
02/2020 - 02/2022.
Department service.
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry Chair Search Committee.
Member,
07/2019 - 07/2020.
College service.
- Tenured faculty 5-year review committee. 01/2019 - 12/2019. College service.
Member,
01/2019 - 12/2021.
College service.
- Center for Controlled Chemical Delivery.
Director,
01/2018 - present.
University service.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering RPT subcommittee.
Member,
01/01/2018 - present.
Department service.
- Academic Senate Personnel & Elections Committee.
Member,
09/2015 - 06/2018.
University service.
Honors & Awards
- T. & A. Higuchi Memorial Lectureship Award, Academy of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Japan
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12/2018
- US National Academy of Inventors, Elected Fellow.
12/2018
- International Fellow, Academy of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Japan.
12/2018
- Distinguished Mentor Award, University of Utah.
12/2017
- Best Research Paper Award, European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
12/2017
- Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.
12/2017
- Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, University of Helsinki, Finland.
12/2014
- Honorary Chair, 76th Prague Meeting on Macromolecules, “Polymers in Medicine 2012”.
12/2012
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Journal of Drug Targeting.
12/2011
- US National Academy of Engineering, Elected Member.
12/2011
- CRS Fellow, Controlled Release Society.
12/2010
- CIMA Lecture, University of Minnesota.
12/2009
- Plenary Lecture, 36th Annual Meeting of the Controlled Release Society, Copenhagen.
12/2009
- Honorary Co-Chair, 73th Prague Meeting on Macromolecules, “New Frontiers in Macromolecular Science”.
12/2009
- Honorary Professorship, Sichuan University, China.
12/2007
- Busse Lectures, University of Wisconsin.
12/2006
- NIH Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study Section, Chair, 2003-2006.
12/2006
- Distinguished International Scientist Award, Japanese Biomaterials Society.
12/2006
- Distinguished H. Morawetz Lecture, Brooklyn Polytechnic University.
12/2006
- Chair, Gordon Research Conference on Drug Carriers in Medicine and Biology.
12/2004
- J. Heyrovský Honorary Medal for Merit in the Chemical Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
12/2003
- Distinguished Professor, University of Utah.
12/2002
- Paul Dawson Biotechnology Award, American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.
12/2001
- Millennial Pharmaceutical Scientist Award, Millennial World Congress of Pharm. Sciences.
12/2000
- Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering, International Union of Societies of Biomaterials Science and Engineering
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12/1999
- J. Heller Award for Best Paper in the Journal of Controlled Release.
12/1999
- Founders Award, Controlled Release Society.
12/1999
- Czech Learned Society, Honorary Member.
12/1998
- Distinguished Lectureship, Nagai Foundation Tokyo.
12/1997
- Controlled Release Society:
Member of Board of Governors 1988-1991;
Vice President 1993-1994;
President-Elect 1994-1995;
President 1995-1996;.
12/1996
- AIMBE Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
12/1995
- Clemson Award for Basic Research, Society for Biomaterials and Clemson University.
12/1995
- Huntsman Cancer Institute, Member, since.
01/1995
- AAPS Fellow, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
12/1994
- Distinguished Research Award, University of Utah.
12/1993
- Opening Lecture, 34th IUPAC International Symposium on Macromolecules, Prague.
12/1992
- Program Chairman, 19th International Symposium on Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials, Orlando, Florida
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12/1992
- Barré's Lecture, Université de Montreal.
12/1990
- Chemical Section, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1985.
12/1985
- Presidia of the Czechoslovak and USSR Academies of Sciences.
12/1977
In the Media
- Presentation: " J. Li, J. Arnold, M. Sima, M. Abbasi, J. Kopeček, J. Yang, Multivalent DR5 Receptor Clustering Agonists for Treatment of Colon Cancer. Annual Meeting of the Controlled Release Society, Las Vegas, NV, July 24-28, 2023" received Best Poster in Category Award. 07/25/2023.
- Presentation: "H.A. Faruque, J. Li, M. Cina, A. Young, S. Hu-Lieskovan, J. Kopeček, J. Yang, Nanomedicine Strategies for Heating Cold Tumors with Concurrent PD-L1 Attenuation. Annual Meeting of the Controlled Release Society, Las Vegas, NV, July 24-28, 2023." received Best Poated in Category Award. 07/25/2023.
- Publication "L. Li, J. Wang, Y. Li, D.C. Radford, J. Yang, J. Kopeček, Broadening and Enhancing Functions of Antibodies by Self-Assembling Multimerization at Cell Surface. ACS Nano 13, 11422-11432 (2019); doi.10.1021/acsnano.9b04868" was selected as ACS Editor's Choice. 04/2019.
- Publication "L. Zhang, Y. Fang, J. Kopeček, J. Yang, A New Construct of Antibody-Drug Conjugates for Treatment of Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Eur. J. Pharm. Sci. 103, 36-46 (2017)" was Elected Best Research Paper in European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 2017
. 02/2018.
- Publication L. Li, J. Yang, J. Wang, J. Kopeček, "Drug-Free Macromolecular Therapeutics Induce Apoptosis via Calcium Influx and Mitochondrial Signaling Pathway" was
Highlighted in Advanced Science News http://www.advancedsciencenews.com/molecular-therapeutics-drug-free-cancer-treatment/ November 12, 2017 . 11/12/2017.
- Interview with Professor Jindrich Kopecek, Nanomedicine (London) 9(5),
577-579 (2014. 05/2014.
htpp://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/pdf/10.2217/nnm....
- Nanoconjugates Trigger Cancer Cell Suicide, Chemical and Engineering News. 01/07/2014.
http://cen.acs.org/articles/92/web/2014/01/Nanocon...
- Publication: Y. Zhou, J. Yang, J. Rhim, J. Kopeček, HPMA Copolymer-based Combination Therapy Toxic to both Prostate Cancer Stem/Progenitor Cells and Differentiated Cells Induces Durable Anti-tumor Effects. J. Controlled Release 172, 946-953 (2013) was selected as the TOP STORY in Prostate Cell News 4.36.
09/20/2013.