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	Rhishikesh Thakare, Ph.D. – December 2017 Thesis: In-vitro and In-vivo Models of Bile Acid Metabolism and Transport Mentor: Yazen Alnouti, Ph.D. Position: Senior Scientist, Sekisui XenoTech, LLC, Kansas City, KS
	Suthida Boonsith, Ph.D. – August 2017 Thesis: Development of CXCR4 Inhibitors for Topical Treatment of Psoriasis Mentor: David Oupicky, Ph.D. Position: Faculty member at department of Chemical Engineering, Mahidol University, Thailand
	Shailendra Tallapaka, Ph.D. - August 2017 Thesis: Development of C5AR-Targeted Nanoparticles for Delivery of Vaccines Mentor: Joseph Vetro, Ph.D. Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Kansas in Lawrence
	Yinnong Jia, Ph.D. - May 2017 Thesis: Development of Neurotensin-based Radiopharmaceuticals for Neurotensin-receptor-1-positive tumor targeting Mentor: Jered Garrison, Ph.D. Current Position: TBD
	Kruti Soni, Ph.D. - May 2017 Thesis: Targeted Delivery of Drug Combinations via Nanocarrriers for Cancer Treatment Mentor: Tantiana Bronich, Ph.D. Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate in San Diego
	Di Wen, Ph.D. - May 2017 Thesis: Delivery of Small Molecule and RNA for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes and Prostate Cancer Mentor: Ram Mahato, Ph.D. Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at North Carolina State University
	Calliste Steffensmeier, Ph.D. - August 2016 Thesis: Stability and Kinetics of DNA Pseudoknots: Formation of T*A●T Base-Triplets and Their Targeting Reactions Mentor: Luis Marky, Ph.D. Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at UNMC
	Virender Kumar, Ph.D. - May 2016 Thesis: Polymeric nanocarriers for delivery of small molecules and miRNAs for the treatment of liver fibrosis and pancreatic cancer Mentor: Ram Mahato, Ph.D. Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at UNMC
	Vaibhav Mundra, Ph.D. - December 2015 Thesis: Polymeric Nanocarriers for Treatment of Melanoma and Genetically Modified Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Improve Outcome of Islet Transplantation Mentor: Ram Mahato, Ph.D. Current Position: Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Manchester University
	Wen Shi, Ph.D. - August 2015 Thesis: Development of Polymer Peptide Conjugates for Enhanced Pancreatic Cancer Imaging Mentor: Jered Garrison, Ph.D.
	Zhenyuan Zhou, Ph.D. - August 2015 Thesis: Development of Hypoxia Trapping Enhanced BB2R-Targeted Radiopharmaceutics for Prostate Cancer Mentor: Jered Garrison, Ph.D. Current Position: Duke University
	Rajesh Wakaskar, Ph.D. - May 2015 Thesis: Effect of peripheral shell cross-linking on the efficacy of the hydrophobic vascular disrupting agent physically loaded in core-shell polymeric micelles Mentor: Joe Vetro, Ph.D. Current Position: Formulation Scientist at Insys Therapeutics, Inc.
	Bala Vamsi Karuturi, Ph.D. - December 2014 Thesis: Development of EP67-based mucosal vaccines against cytomegalovirus infection Mentor: Joe Vetro, Ph.D. Current Position: Process Development Scientist at Mylan
	Vishakha Ambardekar, Ph.D. - August 2013 Thesis: Cholesterol-siRNA polyplexes of polycation-polyethylene glycol diblock copolymers for cancer therapy Mentor: Joe Vetro, Ph.D. Current Position: Research Scientist at Lupin Limited
	Jasmine Davda, Ph.D. - September 2007 Thesis: Pharmacokinetic Modeling of Therapeutic Antibodies Mentor: Peter Gwilt, Ph.D. Current Position: Pfizer, Inc.
	Jayanth Panyam, Ph.D. - December 2003 Thesis: Biodegradable nanoparticles for the prevention of restenosis Mentor: Vinod Labhasetwar, Ph.D. Current Position: Endowed Professor in Targeted Drug Delivery & Head, Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota