Yuanpei Li, PhD

Area of Research

• Dr. Li's research program focuses on the development and translation of novel cancer diagnostics and therapeutics (theranostics) for veterinary medicine and human medicine. The Li Laboratory aims to 1) develop next generation nano-medicine platforms and novel therapeutics by learning from Mother Nature and clinical practices, 2) obtain fundamental knowledge on how these subjects interact with biological systems, and 3) apply them to solve complex medical problems that are associated with cancer and other diseases. The lab is particularly interested in the following research area: Targeting and programmable drug/gene delivery; Activatable MRI and fluorescent probes; Medicinal chemistry for drug development; Theranostics; Enabling technology for immunoengineering; and New biomaterials/bio-inspired materials. The lab is also interested in new isolation, drug discovery and development, targeting delivery and engineering technologies that are related to stem cells, autophagy, and exosomes/oncosomes from clinical patients.