Welcome to the Biomedical Polymer Science Laboratory. We are interested in understanding the interactions of materials and the cells. Our current projects focus on using polymers to control the local release of therapeutic molecules and the influence of polymers on cellular phenotype, particularly macrophage polarization.

This website is constantly under construction and will be changing constantly (or at least I’d like it to…). Please return often for updates and news. Please contact Dr. Gemeinhart (rag@uic.edu) to report any broken or misdirected links.

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Angeliki CRS

2024 CRS Top Poster

RAG | Posted on September 07, 2024

Angeliki was awarded a Top Poster Award from the Controlled Release Society for her poster presentation entitled “A simple and versatile approach for streamlining granular hydrogel fabrication for drug delivery”.

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Angeliki and Karol First Authored Paper Published

rag | Posted on December 03, 2023

Get access online! ABSTRACT: Acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSIs) confer a substantial burden on the healthcare system. Local antibiotic delivery systems can provide controlled drug release directly to the site…

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Ph.D. Student
Sonia Alavi
Ph.D. Student
Ph.D. Candidate
Angeliki Andrianopoulou
Ph.D. Candidate
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies for Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Richard A. Gemeinhart
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies for Biopharmaceutical Sciences
Ph.D. Student
Joseph "Jay" D Teamer
Ph.D. Student

Interested in joining the Gemeinhart Laboratory or the Pharmaceutical Sciences Ph.D. Program: Application information can be found here.