Postdoctoral Fellow - Biomedical Engineering
MIT, Cambridge - 1998
Professional Preparation
Ph.D. - Chemistry
Harvard University - 1996
Harvard University - 1996
B.Sci. - Chemistry
Peking University - 1991
Peking University - 1991
Publications
Bey, E.A.; Wuerzberger-Davis, S.; Pink, J.; Yang, C.; Araki, S.; Reinicke, K.; Bentle, M.;
Dong, Y.; Cataldo, E.; Criswell, T.; Wagner, M.; Li, L. Gao, J. Boothman, D. A. Feedback
Regulation, Restriction Threshold Biology, and Redundancy Govern Molecular Stress
Responses. J. Cellular Physiology. 2006, 209, 604-610. 2006 - Publication
Sutton, D.; Kim, S.; Shuai, X.; Leskov, K.; Marques, J.; Williams, B.; Boothman, D.; Gao, J.
Efficient Suppression of Secretory Clusterin Levels By Polymer-siRNA Nanocomplexes
Enhances Ionizing Radiation Lethality in Human MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells. Int. J. Nanomed.
2006, 1, 155-162. 2006 - Publication
Weinberg, B.; Qian, F.; Gao, J. Development and Characterization of Dual Release Millirods
for Tumor Treatment, in Polymeric Drug Delivery: Science & Application. S. Svenson, Ed.;
ACS Symposium Series. 169-185 (2006). 2006 - Publication
Reinicke, K.E.; Bey, E.A.; Bentle, M.S.; Pink, J.; Ingalls, S.; Hoppel, C.; Burton, G.; Bornmann,
W.; Gao, J.; Boothman, D. Development of -Lapachone Prodrugs for Therapy Against
Human Cancer Cells with Elevated Levels of NQO1. Clin. Cancer Res. 2005, 11, 3055-3064. 2005 - Publication
Ough, M.; Lewis, A.; Bey, E.; Gao, J.; Ritchie, J.M.; Bornman, D.A.; Boothman, D.A.;
Oberley, L.W.; Cullen, J.J. Efficacy of -Lapachone in Pancreatic Cancer Treatment:
Exploiting the Novel, Therapeutic Target NQO1. Cancer Biology & Therapy, 2005, 4, 54-61. 2005 - Publication
Ai, H.; Pink, J.; Shuai, X.; Boothman, D.; Gao, J. Interactions of Polyelectrolyte Shells with
Cells. J. Biomed. Mat. Res. 2005, 73, 303-315. 2005 - Publication
Park, H.J.; Ahn, K.J.; Ahn, S.D.; Choi, E.; Lee, S.W.; Williams, B.; Kim, J.S.; Griffin, R.; Bey,
E.A.; Bornmann, W.G.; Gao, J.; Park, H.J.; Boothman, D.A.; Song, C.W. Susceptibility of
cancer cells to -lapachone is enhanced by ionizing radiation. Int. J. Rad. Onco. Biol. Phys.
2005, 61, 212-219. 2005 - Publication
Ai, H.; Flask, C.; Weinberg, R.; Shuai, X.; Pagel, M.; Farrell, D.; Duerk, J.; Gao, J. MagnetiteLoaded Polymeric Micelles as Novel Magnetic Resonance Probes. Adv. Mater. 2005, 17,
1949-1952. 2005 - Publication
Nasongkla, N.; Shuai, X.; Ai, H.; Weinberg, B.D.; Pink, J.; Boothman, D.A.; Gao, J. cRGDFunctionalized Polymer Micelles for Targeted Doxorubicin Delivery. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.
2004, 43, 6323-6327. 2004 - Publication
Ai, H.; Gao, J. Size-Controlled Polyelectrolyte Nanocapsules via Layer-by-Layer SelfAssembly. J. Mater. Sci. 2004, 39, 1429-1432. 2004 - Publication