Xiaochen Gu, PhD

College of Pharmacy research theme

Drug discovery, design, development and delivery

Keywords

• Dosage forms
• Drug delivery
• Pharmaceutics

Research summary

Dr. Xiaochen Gu’s research program focuses on development and evaluation of innovative oral, topical, transdermal and parenteral drug delivery systems for various chemical entities (e.g., insect repellents, sunscreens, antifungal and antitumour agents, etc.). He utilizes state-of-the-art instrumentation specializing in dosage form research and development, including HPLC systems, automatic diffusion systems, texture analyzer, rheometer, etc. He also carries out interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research projects, in collaboration with national and international collaborators, from both academia and pharmaceutical industry.