JINDRICH Henry KOPECEK portrait
  • Distinguished Professor, Molecular Pharmaceutics
  • Distinguished Professor, Biomedical Engineering
  • 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 . 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 . 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 . 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.