Breakthroughs in Systemic Immunotherapy using a Novel Drug Delivery System

James Moon, PhD, is John Gideon Searle Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His interdisciplinary research program aims to develop novel biomaterials-based strategies for cancer immunotherapy. Dr Moon has published over 120 research articles, including those published in Nature Materials, Nature Medicine, Nature Nanotechnology and Science Translational Medicine. He has over 23 pending/approved U.S. and international patent applications, and his novel drug delivery technologies have led to 3 new start-up companies. Dr Moon is a fellow of BMES, AIBME and CRS, and his contributions to the field has been recognized with numerous awards, including NSF CAREER Award and Samyang CRS Award. Dr. Moon received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley (2002), and his PhD from Rice University (2008), and he completed his postdoctoral training at MIT. He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 2012.