Lifeng Kang

Experience

• 2020–present
  Senior lecturer (research and teaching), University of Sydney
• 2017–2019
  Lecturer (research and teaching), University of Sydney
• 2009–2017
  Lecturer (teaching), National University of Singapore

Education

• 2009 
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Postdoc training in tissue engineering
• 2006 
  National University of Singapore, PhD in pharmaceutical sciences
• 2001 
  China Pharmaceutical Univeristy, MSc in pharmaceutical sciences

Publications

• 2019
  Personalized anesthetic patches for dental applications, International Journal of Bioprinting
• 2019
  A miniaturized device for biomembrane permeation analysis, Materials Science & Engineering C
• 2019
  Microneedles for transdermal drug delivery, Springer
• 2019
  Rapid microneedle fabrication by heating and photolithography, International Journal of Pharmaceutics
• 2019
  Keratinocytes maintain compartmentalization between dermal papilla and fibroblasts in 3D heterotypic tri-cultures, Cell Proliferation
• 2018
  Engineering the future of hair follicle regeneration and delivery, Therapeutic Delivery
• 2018
  Enhanced skin permeation of antiwrinkle peptides via molecular modification, Scientific Report
• 2018
  Micro and nanoneedles for drug delivery and biosensing, Therapeutic Delivery
• 2018
  3D printed drug delivery and testing systems, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
• 2018
  Formulation, characterization and evaluation of mRNA-loaded dissolvable polymeric microneedles (RNApatch), Scientific Report
• 2018
  Development and validation of a highly sensitive LC-MS/MS method for determination of brain active agent dianhydrogalactitol in mouse plasma and tissues: Application to a pharmacokinetic study, Journal of Chromatography B
• 2018
  Impact of substrate stiffness on dermal papilla aggregates in microgels, Biomaterials Science
• 2017
  Squid suckerin microneedle arrays for tunable drug release, Journal of Materials Chemistry B
• 2017
  Bioactives in Chinese proprietary medicine modulates 5a-reductase activity and gene expression associated with androgenetic alopecia, Frontiers in Pharmacology
• 2017
  3-dimensional printing of a microneedle array on personalized curved surface for dual prong treatment of trigger finger, Biofabrication
• 2016
  Fabrication of non-dissolving analgesic suppositories using 3D printed moulds, International Journal of Pharmaceutics
• 2016
  Large size microneedle patch to deliver lidocaine through skin, Pharmaceutical Research
• 2016
  High durability and low toxicity antimicrobial coatings fabricated by quaternary ammonium silane copolymers, Biomaterials Science
• 2016
  Selected biomarkers revealed potential skin toxicity caused by certain copper compounds, Scientific Report
• 2016
  Elevating biomedical performance of ZnO/SiO2@amorphous calcium phosphate - bioinspiration making possible the impossible, Advanced Functional Materials
• 2016
  Three-dimensional-printing of carbamazepine sustained-release scaffold, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
• 2016
  Application of Hydrogels in Drug Delivery and Biosensing, World Scientific
• 2016
  In vitro antiviral activity of rubia cordifolia aerial part extract against rotavirus, Frontiers in Pharmacology
• 2015
  Polymeric microneedle array fabrication by photolithography, Journal of Visualized Experiment
• 2015
  Fabrication of photomasks consisting microlenses for the production of polymeric microneedle array, Drug Delivery and Translational Research
• 2015
  Drug permeation through skin is inversely correlated with carrier gel rigidity, Molecular Pharmaceutics
• 2015
  Microneedle-mediated delivery of copper peptide through skin, Pharmaceutical Research
• 2014
  Direct microneedle array fabrication off a photomask to deliver collagen through skin, Pharmaceutical Research
• 2014
  Handbook of cosmeceutical excipients and their safeties, Elsevier
• 2013
  Applications of small-molecule gels-drug delivery, Soft Fibrillar Materials
• 2013
  Novel engineered systems for oral, mucosal and transdermal drug delivery, Journal of Drug Targeting
• 2013
  Microfluidics for drug discovery and analysis, Microfluidic Devices for Biomedical Applications
• 2013
  Terpenes and Improvement of Transdermal Drug Delivery, Handbook of Natural Products
• 2013
  A simple method of microneedle array fabrication for transdermal drug delivery, Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy
• 2013
  Molecular gel for tissue engineering, Soft Fibrillar Materials
• 2013
  A miniaturized flow-through cell to evaluate skin permeation of endoxifen, International Journal of Pharmaceutics
• 2013
  Microneedle integrated transdermal patch for fast onset and sustained delivery of lidocaine, Molecular Pharmaceutics
• 2013
  Effect of microneedle geometry and supporting substrate on microneedle array penetration into skin, Journal of Pharmaceutical Science
• 2013
  Fabrication of a 3D hair follicle-like hydrogel mould by soft lithography, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
• 2013
  UV-curable pressure sensitive adhesive films: effects of biocompatible plasticizers on mechanical and adhesion properties, Soft Matter
• 2012
  Clinical therapeutics for phenylketonuria, Drug Delivery and Translational Research
• 2012
  Iron oxide filled magnetic carbon nanotube-enzyme conjugates for recycling of Amyloglucosidase, Langmuir
• 2012
  Adult cardiac progenitor cell aggregates exhibit survival benefit both in vitro and in vivo, PLOS One
• 2012
  Protein encapsulation in polymeric microneedles by photolithography, International Journal of Nanomedicine
• 2012
  Mastery learning in the context of university education, Journal of the NUS Teaching Academy
• 2012
  Polycaprolactone scaffold as targeted drug delivery system and cell attachment scaffold for post-surgical care of limb salvage, Drug Delivery and Translational Research
• 2011
  Nano/micro-scale technologies for drug delivery, Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology
• 2011
  Nanosized ethosomes bearing ketoprofen for improved transdermal delivery, Results in Pharma Sciences
• 2011
  A drug-laden elastomer for surgical treatment of anal fistula, Drug Delivery and Translational Research
• 2011
  Microfabricated particulate drug delivery systems, Biotechnology Journal
• 2010
  Cell confinement within patterned nanoliter droplets in a microwell array, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
• 2009
  Arraycount, an algorithm for automatic cell counting in microwell arrays, Biotechniques
• 2008
  Microfluidics for drug discovery and development: From target selection to product lifecycle management, Drug Discovery Today
• 2008
  Physicochemical effects of terpenes on organogel for transdermal drug delivery, International Journal of Pharmaceutics
• 2007
  Formulation development of transdermal dosage forms: Quantitative structure-activity relationship model for predicting activities of terpenes that enhance drug penetration through human skin, Journal of Controlled Release
• 2007
  Reversible effects of permeation enhancers on human skin, European Journal of Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics
• 2007
  Micro- and nanoscale technologies for tissue engineering and drug discovery applications, Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery
• 2006
  Limonene GP1/PG organogel as a vehicle in transdermal delivery of haloperidol, International Journal of Pharmaceutics
• 2006
  Interactions between a skin penetration enhancer and the main components of human stratum corneum lipids isothermal titration calorimetry study, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
• 2005
  SMGA gels for the skin permeation of haloperidol, Journal of Controlled Release

Professional Memberships

• Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association

Research Areas

• Pharmaceutical Sciences (111504)
• Regenerative Medicine (Incl. Stem Cells And Tissue Engineering) (100404)