Professor Chi H. Lee

Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, USA

Chi Lee, Ph.D. is Professor in the Division of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UMKC, and began at the school on September 1, 1999. He received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Seoul National University, South Korea, then went on to complete his MS in pharmacokinetics from the University of Washington in Seattle and his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Rutgers University. He had been in Cardiovascular division in the medical school, University of Michigan, for 2 years as a postdoctoral fellow. Before coming to UMKC, he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Basic Pharmaceutical Sciences at Northeast Louisiana University.

He has focused on the development and evaluation of implantable formulations/devices, transdermal/transmucosal and gene delivery systems for cardiovascular diseases, diabetes as well as inflammatory diseases including AIDS. His work involves exploring advanced nanotechnologies including 3D/4D printing for high efficiency bioengineering devices. He has been working on designing computer-aided models, AI-based image analysis and quantum computing for drug/biomaterial discovery/resistance in the process of establishing the relationships between in vitro/in vivo outcomes and translational researches.

Updated 9 April 2025