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Hailing Zhang, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Contact Information
3001 Mercer University Drive, DV-114
Atlanta, GA 30341
(678) 547-6242
Fax: (678) 547-6364
zhang_h@mercer.edu

Educational Background
B.M., Pharmacy, Hubei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
M.S., Medicinal Chemistry, Peking Union Medical College
Ph.D., Chemistry, Emory University

Research Interests
The research in Dr. Zhang’s laboratory focuses on enhancing bioavailability of BCS (Biopharmaceutics Classification System) Class II drug and controlled and targeted drug delivery.

Current research projects include synthesis and characterization of new surfactants and their applications in drug delivery systems. Specifically, this work seeks to characterize the solubilizing capacity of the new surfactants for a large variety of Class II drugs, to study the toxicity, and to understand the mechanism underlying the solubilization by molecular dynamic simulations.

Dr. Zhang’s laboratory is also interested on synthesis and characterization of drug conjugates to treat cancers with multi-drug resistance.

Selected Publications
Menger, F.M.; Zhang, H. "Self-Adhesion Among Phospholipid Vesicles." J. Am Chem. Soc. 2006, 128, 1414-1415.

Menger, F.M.; Zhang, H. "Peptoads, A Group of Amphiphilic Long-Chain Triamides." Langmuir 2005, 21, 10428-10432.

Menger, F.M.; Chlebowski, M.E.; Galloway, A.L.; Lu, H.; Seredyuk, V.A.; Sorrells, J.L.; Zhang, H. "A Tribute to the Phospholipid." Langmuir 2005, 21, 10336-10341.

Menger, F.M.; Zhang, H.; Galloway, A.L. "On Wet Phospholipid Bilayers As Disclosed by the Nearest-Neighbor Recognition Method." Langmuir 2005, 21, 2091-2092.

Courses
PHA 325 Principles of Pharmaceutical Sciences
PHA 326 Pharmaceutics
PHA 803 Research Techniques I
PHA 836 Advanced Physical Pharmacy II
PHA 899 Doctoral Research

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