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Tirrell Group

Jeffrey Ting, Ph.D.

  • NIST-ChiMaD Postdoctoral Fellow (Alumni 2020)
    Current: Senior Research Scientist, 3M, Minnesota

  • Contact: jting1@uchicago.edu
    773.702.7063
  • Office Location:
    5640 South Ellis Avenue, Eckhardt Research Laboratory 108, Chicago, IL 60637

Dr. Jeffrey Ting received his BS degree in chemical engineering with high honors at the University of Texas in 2011, where he conducted research for Dr. C. Grant Willson. He joined the research groups of Dr. Frank S. Bates and Dr. Theresa M. Reineke at the University of Minnesota and earned his PhD in chemical engineering in 2016. During his graduate studies, Dr. Ting was a recipient of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, which supported his research in developing new polymer excipients for enhancing the solubility of therapeutics in oral drug delivery. His scientific work has impacted basic and applied polymer chemistry, including educational and outreach efforts for polymers research. Select awards highlighting his contributions to the field of oral drug delivery include the first annual AIChE Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development and Manufacturing Student Award and the Minnesota Sigma Xi Rising Star Award.

Currently, Dr. Ting is working with Dr. Matthew V. Tirrell at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering as a NIST-CHiMaD Postdoctoral Fellow, which is supported by the NIST Advanced Materials Center of Excellence program under the directive of President Obama’s 2011 Materials Genome Initiative. His project focuses on the structural evolution of polyelectrolyte complex assemblies, which can be used for intended bioapplications in gene therapy, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, and theranostics. In 2018, his promising contributions were recognized by the first annual PMSE Future Faculty Scholars award.