{"id":34,"date":"2015-07-01T18:41:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T18:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/kaur\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T19:59:07","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.chapman.edu\/kaur\/members\/","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"

Principal Investigator:\u00a0 Kamaljit Kaur, Ph.D.<\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

Associate Professor, Chapman University School of Pharmacy Editorial Board Member, Scienti<\/em>fic Reports\u00a0<\/em>NPG<\/a> and Pharmaceutics<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n

CV<\/a><\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Student: Keon Jafari (Biol. major) \"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project: Synthesis of peptide-drug conjugate targeting TNBC via EGFR<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Student:\u00a0Nyomi Johnson (Biol. major)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project: Synthesis of a peptide conjugate (Amylin receptor antagonist) for delivery to brain for treatment of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease<\/p>\n

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Pharm.D.\u00a0Student:\u00a0\u00a0Rebecca Lim<\/strong><\/p>\n

Capstone Project: Drug conjugates for targeted delivery to the brain<\/p>\n

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Pharm.D.\u00a0Student:\u00a0\u00a0Ryan Chaudri<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project: Targeted delivery of therapeutic biomacromolecules<\/p>\n

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ALUMNI<\/strong><\/p>\n

Post-doctoral Fellows<\/p>\n

Amaresh Sahoo, Ph.D. – 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hanieh Ariani, Ph.D. – 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Graduate Student:\u00a0\u00a0Jane Yao, MS (Ph.D. student) \"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Project: Peptides and Peptide-Drug Conjugates (PDCs) Targeting Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)<\/p>\n

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Graduate Student: Riad Bellili (MSPS student)\"\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project: Amylin receptor antagonists\u00a0delivery to brain for treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease<\/p>\n

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Graduate Student: Phi-Phung Than (MSPS student)<\/strong> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Project: The Development of a Novel Peptide-Drug Conjugate for Treating Triple-Negative Breast Cancer<\/p>\n

Graduated: September 2022<\/p>\n

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Graduate Student:\u00a0\u00a0Azam Saghaeidehkordi, MS, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project:\u00a0\u00a0Doxorubicin-conjugates for targeting breast cancer cells<\/p>\n

Graduated: August 2021<\/p>\n

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Graduate Student:\u00a0\u00a0Elmira Ziaei, MS, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project:\u00a0 K1 targeting peptide-drug conjugates for breast cancer targeting and treatment<\/p>\n

Graduated: June 2021<\/p>\n

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Graduate Student:\u00a0\u00a0Cassandra Dill, MS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project:\u00a0\u00a0Doxorubicin-conjugates for targeting\"\"<\/a> melanoma and breast cancer cells<\/p>\n

Graduated: August 2020<\/p>\n

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Graduate Student:\u00a0\u00a0Emad Althagafi, MS (Ph.D. student)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Project: Engineering Cyclic Analogue of a Cancer Targeting Peptide GE11 for Enhanced Proteolytic Stability<\/p>\n

Graduated: August 2018<\/p>\n

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Graduate Student:\u00a0 \"\"Yazeed Alanazi, MSPS <\/strong><\/p>\n

Project:\u00a0\u00a0Antibacterial activity of polyaniline membranes<\/p>\n

Graduated: May 2018<\/p>\n

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Graduate Student: Tushar Kim, MS\"Kim<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Project: AMPs against Listeria monocytogenes<\/em> and other pathogenic bacteria<\/p>\n

Graduated: August 2017<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Pharm.D.\u00a0Student:\u00a0\u00a0Mona\u00a0 Alas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Capstone Project:\u00a0 Peptide-drug conjugates for increasing the efficacy of cancer treatment<\/p>\n

Graduated: Aug 2021<\/p>\n

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Pharm.D.\u00a0Student:\u00a0\u00a0Chelsea Ilada\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Capstone Project:\u00a0 Engineering peptide conjugates for treatment of breast cancer<\/p>\n

Graduated: Aug 2020<\/p>\n

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Pharm.D.\u00a0Student:\u00a0\u00a0Mary Ngo\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Capstone Project:\u00a0 Peptide-based platform for breast cancer cell detection<\/p>\n

Graduated: Aug 2019<\/p>\n

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Pharm.D.\u00a0Student:\u00a0\u00a0\"\"Alyssa Gbewonyo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Capstone Project:\u00a0\u00a0Screen peptide array library for breast cancer cell targeting<\/p>\n

Graduated: Aug 2018<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Student: Andrew Pham (Health Sc. major)\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Project: Synthesis of a breast cancer cell targeting peptide<\/p>\n

Graduated: May 2019<\/p>\n

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Undergraduate Student: Alicia Cuber (double major)\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Project: Synthesis of breast cancer cell targeting peptides<\/p>\n

Graduated: May 2017<\/p>\n

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