Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutics
B.S. in Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology

Mentors: Drs. da Rocha and Reineke

Project: Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamics of tumor associated macrophage-targeting therapies for lung tumors

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M.S. candidate in Pharmaceutics
B.S. in Doctor of Pharmacy, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

Mentors: Drs. da Rocha and Sweet

Project: Optimizing mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

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Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutical Engineering
B.S. in Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology
M.S. in Pharmaceutical Technology, Jordan University of Science and Technology

Mentors: Drs. da Rocha and Edwards

Project: Continuous manufacturing of nanoformulations for orally inhaled cancer immunotherapies

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Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Science, Università degli Studi di Messina
Visiting Scholar in Pharmaceutical Engineering

B.S. in Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Messina
M.S. in Analytical Chemistry, Università degli Studi di Messina

Mentors: Drs. da Rocha and Ottavia Giuffrè

Project: Nanomedicine for the treatment of lung cancers

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Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutics
B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Purdue University

Mentors: Drs. da Rocha and Sweet

Project: Macrophage-Targeting Immunotherapy to Enhance Chemotherapy Efficacy in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

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Ph.D. candidate in Pharmaceutical Engineering
B.S. in Biology, Texas Christian University

Mentors: Drs. da Rocha and Bos

Project: Remodeling the Tumor Microenvironment of Osteosarcoma Lung Metastases with Chemo-Immunotherapy

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M.S. candidate in Pharmaceutics
B.S. in Biology (minor in Chemistry), Virginia Commonwealth University

Mentors: Drs. da Rocha and Halquist

Project: Biorelevant Methods for Characterizing mRNA Drug Products

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Pharmaceutics
B.Sc. in Applied Health Sciences (Respiratory Care), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
M.S. in Applied Health Sciences (Respiratory Care), Georgia State University
Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University

Mentor: Dr. da Rocha

Project: Pulmonary nano-biopharmaceutics of chemo-immunotherapies for lung tumors

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VCU Intern in Pharmaceutical Engineering
B.S. in Chemistry, North Carolina State University (graduation spring 2025)

Mentor: Dr. da Rocha

Project: Gemcitabine formulation for the treatment of Osteosarcoma Lung Metastases

Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2022
M.S. in Immunology, The Medical University of South Carolina
B.S. in Pharmaceutics, King Saud University

Current position: Assistant Professor, King Saud University College of Pharmacy

Project: Local delivery of tumor associated macrophage immunotherapy for the treatment of metastases to the lungs

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Pharm.D./Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, King Faisal University, 2021

Current position: Assistant Professor, King Faisal University College of Clinical Pharmacy

Dissertation: Overcoming Mechanisms of Acquired and Innate Doxorubicin Resistance Using Nanomedicine and Tumor Associated Macrophage Immunotherapy

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Ph.D. candidate in Chemical Engineering
Visiting Research Scholar in da Rocha and Sweet Labs

B.S. in Biochemical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
M.S in Chemical Engineering, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Mentors: Dra. Claudia Sayer and Dr. da Rocha

Project: Encapsulation of mRNA in Ionizable Lipid Based Nanoparticles

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2023 Pharmaceutical Engineering REU Student
B.S. in Chemical Engineering (aspiring spring 2024), The University of Kansas

Mentors: Drs. da Rocha and Sweet

Project: Screening mRNA lipid nanoparticles for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancer

REU student in Pharmaceutical Engineering
B.S. in Chemical Engineering (graduating spring 2024), North Carolina State University

Mentors: Drs. da Rocha and Harrell

Project: Continuous manufacturing of nanomedicines for the treatment of breast cancer brain metastases

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Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2021
M.S. in Molecular and Microbiology, Emporia State University
B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Current position: Scientist mRNA Center of Excellence, Sanofi

Dissertation: Dendrimer-based Antibiotics for the Treatment of Bacterial Biofilm in Cystic Fibrosis

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