Speakers

Aliasger K. Salem, Ph.D., is Senior Associate Vice President for Research and the Bighley Chair and Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Iowa. His research integrates pharmaceutics, biomaterials, nanomedicine, and immunology to develop drug and gene delivery systems, vaccines, and translational therapies. His laboratory has advanced particulate platforms for cancer immunotherapy, ocular drug delivery, and controlled release, with an emphasis on connecting formulation and processing variables to biological performance. Dr. Salem has authored more than 290 peer-reviewed publications and contributed to technologies progressing toward clinical and commercial development. He is a Fellow of AAPS, AAAS, AIMBE, the Controlled Release Society, and the National Academy of Inventors, and served on the AAPS Board of Directors from 2023 to 2026.