Jinming Gao was born in Dalian, China in January 1970. After receiving a B.S. degree in Chemistry at Peking University (Beijing, China) in June 1991, he came to the U.S. and carried out graduate studies at Harvard University under the supervision of G. M. Whitesides. In May 1996, he received a Ph.D. degree in Medicinal Chemistry with thesis research focused on rational drug design and protein charge ladders. Following his doctoral studies, he completed his postdoctoral training in Biomedical Engineering under R. S. Langer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his postdoctoral training, Dr. Gao worked on tissue engineering of vascular prosthesis and controlled-release drug delivery. In August 1998, Dr. Gao joined the faculty of Biomedical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He was promoted to Associate Professor (with tenure) of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology in April 2004. In July 2005, Dr. Gao moved his lab to Dallas, Texas, where he holds a primary appointment as Associate Professor (with tenure) of Oncology and Pharmacology in the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a joint appointment as Associate Professor of Chemistry at UT Dallas. Using a highly-interdisciplinary approach, his lab is focused on development of multi-functional nanomedicine platforms that incorporate tumor targeting, imaging ultrasensitivity, and controlled drug release for cancer-targeted therapy.
