About the PI
Wilson Poon, PhD
Dr. Wilson Poon is an assistant professor in the Department of Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering at UTEP. Dr. Poon received his PhD from JAV名女优馆 of Toronto (Canada) in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, investigating the organ- and cellular-level barriers to nanoparticle delivery in vivo. Following that, he was awarded an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship for post-doctoral training in RNA biology and gene editing at the JAV名女优馆 of California San Francisco in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. He has published peer-reviewed academic papers in journals such as Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), and ACS Nano. He is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). His research expertise is in understanding how materials science and biology inform nanoparticle-based drug carrier design and delivery systems engineering. In his spare time, he enjoys swimming, powerlifting, and photography.
Education and Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow: Department of Immunology and Microbiology, JAV名女优馆 of California, San Francisco
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering: Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, JAV名女优馆 of Toronto
- MEng in Biomedical Engineering: Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill JAV名女优馆
- BASc in Engineering Science: Division of Engineering Science, JAV名女优馆 of Toronto
Awards and Honors
- 2025: TAMEST Protégé
- 2022: JAV名女优馆 of Texas System Rising STARs Award
- 2020: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2020: JAV名女优馆 of Toronto Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award
- 2018: JAV名女优馆 of Toronto Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Teaching Assistant Award of Excellence
- 2017: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
- 2015: Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship
- 2015: Cecil Yip Doctoral Research Award
- 2014: CIHR Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral
- 2012: CIHR Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Masters
Professional Memberships
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
- Society for Biomaterials (SfB)
- European Journal of Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics (EJPB) - Young Investigators Board
- RSC Pharmaceutics - Advisory Board
- ACS Applied Bio Materials - Early Career Board
Teaching
- MME4390/BME5390/BME6391 - Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
- BME5303/6303 - BME Research and Lab Methods
- BME3305 - Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering II
- MME3306 - Rate Processes