Rongjun Chen
Imperial College London, UK
Biography
Rongjun Chen obtained his MSc Degree in Materials Science from Tsinghua University (P R China) in 2003; pursued PhD Degree at Cambridge University (UK) during the period 2003-2007, with focus on polymer drug delivery. He carried out his Postdoctoral Research at Cambridge University first on lyophilisation of pharmaceuticals and then on manufacture of clinical-grade lentiviral vectors for gene therapy during the period October 2006 to September 2009. In May 2013, he moved to Imperial College London as a Lecturer and is currently a Senior Lecturer since 2016. From October 2009 to April 2013, he started his independent academic career by taking a tenure-track faculty position as the Group Leader and BHRC Senior Translational Research Fellow at the University of Leeds. His research interests focuses on biomaterials, nanomedicine, drug delivery and cell therapy.