Research Interests

· Nanoscale-based targeted delivery of drugs, peptides, siRNA and antisense oligonucleotides in order to enhance the efficiency of treatment and imaging.

· Nanoparticle formulation, characterization and testing.

· Preclinical in vitro and in vivo evaluation of anticancer therapeutics.

· Orthotopic and ectopic animal models of cancer, lung diseases and fibrosis.

· Personalized medicine.

· Hypoxia.

· Mechanisms of multidrug resistance and their suppression.

· Intracellular fate and molecular mechanisms of action of drugs.

· Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics.