Dr. Morteza Rasoulianboroujeni joined East Tennessee State University Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy as an Assistant Professor in July 2025. Prior to ETSU, he earned his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and completed postdoctoral training at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Morteza has held various roles across academia and the biotechnology industry, including Core Facility Manager, Research Scientist, and Instructor at Marquette University School of Dentistry, Instructor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Chief Scientific Officer at a biotech startup in San Francisco. He has mentored a diverse group of students in DDS and residency programs at Marquette, as well as PharmD students at UW–Madison.

His research focuses on the development of drug delivery systems, with particular emphasis on improving formulation and biodistribution of nanomedicine for cancer treatment. His team explores novel drug combinations and targeting strategies. He is also interested in integrating state-of-the-art technologies, including artificial intelligence, to support the design and screening of delivery systems.

Education, Degree, & Post Graduate Training

• Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023-2025), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
• Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2023), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
• M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
• B.Sc. in Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
• B.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
   
  Research interests 
• Nanomedicine: formulation, biodistribution, safety, efficacy
• Combination therapy for cancer treatment
• Functional precision medicine 
• Application of computational modeling for design and screening of nanocarriers

Publications

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