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Professor
University of the Pacific
Xiaoling Li, Ph.D. is a Professor of Pharmaceutics in Thomas J. Long School of Pharmacy at the University of the Pacific. Dr. Li is a Fellow of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and a Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He received BS in Pharmacy, MS in Nuclear Pharmacy from Shanghai Medical University and Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics from the University of Utah. He served as department chair, graduate program director and Associate Dean of Graduate Education and Research during his tenure at University of the Pacific. Dr. Li’s research interest areas include oral mucosal drug delivery, novel polymers for pharmaceutical and medical applications, targeting drug delivery, and application of physicochemical concepts to novel dosage form design. He holds 18 patents with 41 patent applications pending and has published 100 papers/book chapters, over 170 abstracts/presentations, and two books entitled “Design of Controlled Release Drug Delivery Systems” and “Oral Bioavailability”. Dr. Li is a recipient of the CRS Outstanding Paper Award for the Journal of Controlled Release, Distinguished Faculty Award of the University of the Pacific and AAPS Outstanding Educator Award. He co-founded two companies, Formurex, Inc., a formulation development company and Triastek, a 3D printing pharmaceutical company.