Chun-Jen (Jerry) Wu

*** * *** * #*** Salt Lake City, UT 84101 801-***-**** acd7xr@r.postjobfree.com

EXPERTISE

Field: Nanoemulsion, Surface Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Surface Modification, Drug Delivery

System, Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials and Magnetic Materials

Processes: Cell culture, cytotoxicity (WST-1, MTT and LDH), Percoll, Conjugation, Analytical Assay

Validation, Emulsification/Homogenization,

Instrumentation & technologies: XRD, SQUID, SEM, EDX, AFM, TEM, DSC, FTIR, DLS, ELISA,

HPLC, Raman Spectroscopy, UV-Vis Spectroscopy, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Mass Spectrometry,

and Stopped Flow

EXPERIENCE

Nanoshell Company, LLC Scientist (05/2013 - Present)

§ Performed wet-lab in the research of molecular biology/nanotechnology, collected/analyzed raw

data, and arranged in scientific reports.

§ Optimized laboratory instruments and followed stringently scientific protocols, laboratory best

practices, quality controls.

§ Studied surfactant properties and synthesized nanoemulsion and microemulsion by the emulsifier

and homogenizer for blood substitution.

§ Conjugated and coating inorganic materials, protein, amino acid, antibodies and polymer on

nanoparticles for the applications of bioassay, disease therapy and molecular detection.

§ Worked on the project related to apheresis for blood separation and purification.

§ Contributed research and idea for the application of project funding and patents.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Ph.D., Materials Science & Eng., University of Utah (GPA 3.5) Aug 2009 – Dec 2013

§ PhD’s thesis: “The coating behavior and synthesis process of perfluorocarbon emulsion”

M.S., Biomedical Eng., National Taiwan University (GPA 3.8) Sep 2005 – Jul 2007

§ Master’s Thesis: “ Immobilization of PEG and Folic Acid on the Surface of Graphite-Encapsulated

Iron (GEI) Magnetic Nanoparticles as the Thermoseeds for Cancer Hyperthermia”

Bachelor, Materials Science & Eng., National Taiwan University (GPA 3.4) Sep 2001 – Jun 2005

Certified Operator, Center for Nano Science and Technology, National Taiwan University 2006-2010

§ Obtained the certification from the program of multi-disciplinary curriculum Core Courses.

§ Qualified user of Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID).

FUTURE PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCES

§ Poly-L-lysine and chitosan coated perfluorocarbon emulsions: Process and conformation analysis

of coating materials (preparing).

§ Method to improve the encapsulation of perfluorocarbons (PFCs) in oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions

using co-solvents (preparing).

§ Chun-Jen Wu and Agnes E. Ostafin, “Electrostatic Coating Poly-L-Lysine and Chitosan On the

Perfluorocarbon Emulsion and the Conformation Analysis of Coating Materials” AIChE annual

meeting, 2013.

§ Yen-Chi Chen, Chun-Jen Wu, Hiroshi Mizukami and Agnes E. Ostafin, “The pH Sensitive

Nanoreactor-Coated Glass Fiber”, Fiber Society Fall Conference, 2010

§ Chun-Jen Wu and Agnes E. Ostafin, “Coating Poly-l-Lysine and Chitosan on the surface of 1-

bromoperfluorooctane (PFOB) emulsions by controlling the surface charges”, Utah Biomedical

Engineering Conference, 2010

AFFILIATIONS

§ Fiber Society, Society

of

Toxicity,

and

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)

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