Zijian Wang
Minneapolis,MN
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Graduate Research Assistant
University Of Minnesota - Twin Cities
09.2022 - Current
- Advisor: Prof
- Changquan Calvin Sun
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University Of Minnesota - Twin Cities
09.2022 - 05.2023
- Head TA of Drug Delivery I
- TA of Drug Delivery II
Graduate Research Assistant
Evelo Biosciences
05.2022 - 09.2022
- Worked in the drug product department
- Built up a methodology to track the coating weight of the individual capsule
- Determined the minimum required enteric coating weight of the capsule to pass the acid disintegration test
- Systematically investigated the impact of operation parameters and the number of capsules on coating efficiency and uniformity
- Improved the bulk densities of lyophilized powders by using formulation strategies
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University Of Minnesota - Twin Cities
08.2021 - 05.2022
- Head TA of Drug Delivery I
- TA of Drug Delivery II
Education
Ph.D. - Pharmaceutics
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN05.2025
Master of Science - Pharmaceutics
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN11.2022
Bachelor of Science - Pharmaceutics
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
Shenyang, China05.2019
Skills
- Powder Compaction
- Oral Formulation Development
- Solid-State Characterization
- R Programming Language
- Python
Podium Presentations
- Systematic Investigation of the Tabletability Flip Phenomenon, Department Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2024
- Mechanism and Generality of the Tabletability Flip Phenomenon, The International Pharmaceutical Excipient Council (IPEC), Orlando, FL, 2023
- Tabletability flip of drugs upon formulation, BI's Emerging Scientist Talent (BEST) Program, Danbury, CT, 2023
- Tabletability flip of drugs upon formulation, Department Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2023
- Varied Bulk Powder Properties as a result of Particle Engineering Methods for Micronized API: Implications of Crystal Surface Anisotropy for Materials within Size Specifications, Department Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2022
- Impact of preparation routes on API properties, Department Seminar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2022
- Tabletability flip of drugs upon formulation, Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research (CPPR), virtual, 2021
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
- Predicting Tabletability of Mixtures from Those of Individual Components, The 54th Annual Pharmaceutics Graduate Student Research Meeting (PGSRM), Iowa, IA, 2024
- Mechanism and Influencing Factors of the Tabletability Flip Phenomenon, Industrial Partnership for Research Interfacial & Material Engineering (IPRIME), Minneapolis, MN, 2024
- Predicting compression behaviors of mixtures from those of individual components”, Center for Integrated Material Science and Engineering of Pharmaceutical Products (CIMSEPP) IAB meeting, Minneapolis, MN, 2023. Received Best Poster Award.
- Mechanism and Generality of the Tabletability Flip Phenomenon, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) annual meeting, Orlando, FL, 2023. Received Best Abstract Award
- Mechanism and Generality of the Tabletability Flip Phenomenon, 6th David Grant Symposium (DGS), Minneapolis, MN, 2023
- Mechanism and Generality of the Tabletability Flip Phenomenon, Industrial Partnership for Research Interfacial & Material Engineering (IPRIME), Minneapolis, MN, 2023
- Varied Bulk Powder Properties as a result of Particle Engineering Methods for Micronized API: Implications of Crystal Surface Anisotropy for Materials within Size Specifications, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), Boston, MA, 2022
- A potential mechanism of tabletability flip phenomenon, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), Boston, MA, 2022
- Tabletability flip of drugs upon formulating, American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), Philadelphia, PA, 2021
- The relationships among the crystal structure, mechanical properties, surface energy, and tabletability investigated with p-aminobenzoic acid polymorphs, Virtual Midwest Organic Solid State Chemistry Symposium (V-MOSSCS), 2021
Professional Experience
- Student Council Leader at the Center for Integrated Material Science and Engineering of Pharmaceutical Products (CIMSEPP), 2023-present
- Abstract screener at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), responsible for screening abstracts for annual AAPS meeting, 2021 to present
- Treasurer at the AAPS Student Chapter at UMN 2022-2024
- Student leader of the 6th David Grant Symposium (DGS), 2023
- Committee member of the Global Pharmaceutical Education Network (GPEN), 2022
Awards
- David J.W. Grant & Marilyn J. Grant Fellowship in Physical Pharmacy, UMN, 2024
- Best Abstract Abstract Award, AAPS Annual Meeting, 2024
- Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship (DDF), UMN, 2024
- Graduate Student Award, IPEC Foundation, 2023
- Research Award, American Association of Indian Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAiPS), 2023
- Best Poster Award, CIMSEPP IAB Meeting, 2023
- Best Emerging Scientist Talent (BEST) Award, Boehringer Ingelheim, 2023
- Edward G. Rippie Fellowship in Pharmaceutics, UMN, 2023
- Best Abstract Award, AAPS Annual Meeting, 2023
- Teaching Award, UMN, 2023
Publications
- Z. Wang, C. Wang, Y. Guo, D. Bahl, A. Fox, C.C. Sun, A New Insight into the Mechanism of the Tabletability Flip Phenomenon, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2024
- Z. Wang, C. Wang, D. Bahl, C.C. Sun, The Ubiquity of Tabletability Flip Phenomenon, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2023
- Z. Wang and C.C. Sun, Zinc Acetate, Pharmaceutical Excipients, Pharmaceutical Press; American Pharmacists Association, 2023
- Z. Wang, M. Solomos, S. Axnanda, C. Chen, M. Figus, L. Schenck, C.C. Sun, Varied Bulk Powder Properties of Micro-Sized API within Size Specifications as a Result of Particle Engineering Methods, Pharmaceutics, 2022
- Z. Zhou, V. Joshi, Y. Guo, T. Xiang, Z. Wang, C.C. Sun, Exceptional Elastic Flexibility of A Molecular Crystal Revealed by A Novel Contact-Free Technique, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2024
- C. Wang, Z. Wang, A. Friedrich, C.C. Sun, Effect of deaeration on processability of poorly flowing powders by roller compaction, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2022
Timeline
Graduate Research Assistant
University Of Minnesota - Twin Cities
09.2022 - Current
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University Of Minnesota - Twin Cities
09.2022 - 05.2023
Graduate Research Assistant
Evelo Biosciences
05.2022 - 09.2022
Graduate Teaching Assistant
University Of Minnesota - Twin Cities
08.2021 - 05.2022
Ph.D. - Pharmaceutics
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Master of Science - Pharmaceutics
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Bachelor of Science - Pharmaceutics
Shenyang Pharmaceutical University
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