Zhenshan Jia, Ph.D., is a new faculty member at UNMC.
- Name: Zhenshan Jia, Ph.D.
- Hometown: Hebei, China
- New title and department at UNMC: Research assistant professor, UNMC Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy
Research/professional interests:
- Drug design and development for inflammatory diseases and musculoskeletal diseases.
- Biocompatible polymers for biomedical applications.
How I fell in love with research:
Development of new drugs to treat inflammatory diseases and musculoskeletal diseases is a great challenge, and it makes scientists’ research exciting and meaningful.Teaching activities:
Dr. Jia is pursuing teaching opportunities in the areas of medicinal chemistry and organic chemistry. He is currently assisting Dong Wang, Ph.D., in pharmaceutical chemistry for drug delivery and nanomedicine.Previous positions:
- Research associate, College of Pharmacy, UNMC
- Postdoc research associate, Kobe University, Japan
- Postdoc research associate, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Education:
- Ph.D., organic chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- M.S., organic chemistry, Tianjin University, China
- B.Sc., organic chemistry, Hebei University of Science and Technology, China
Three things you don’t know about me:
- My hometown, Cangzhou, is well-known for acrobatics and Kung Fu in China
- I have a great family with two cute kids.
- I love to travel around the world with my wife.