- Full Name: Yihenew Simegniew Birhan(PhD)
- Academic Rank: Assistant Professor
- Institutional email: yihenews@dmu.edu.et
- Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vdF5HhAAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID address: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8112-8126
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56906998400
- Specialization: Nanomedicine and Medicinal Chemistry
- Courses taught:
Undergraduate: General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry I, Organic Chemistry II, Biochemistry, Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry II, Subject Area Methodology, Research Methods and Scientific Writing, etc.
Postgraduate: Advanced Organic Chemistry I, Advanced Organic Chemistry II, Advanced Characterization Techniques, Research Methods and Scientific Writing, etc.
- Research interest:
Stimuli-responsive anticancer drug delivery, ocular drug delivery, immunotherapy, wound dressing/healing, biosensing, polymer synthesis, polymer modification, heterocyclic organic compounds synthesis, engineered and hybridized exosomes, and cell therapy (macrophages).
- List of Publications:
Please refer to https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56906998400
- Research and project information (completed and ongoing):
- Fabrication of Stable Multifunctional Polymeric Nanoformulations for Cuproptosis-Primed Immunotherapy of Pancreatic Cancer Employing the “One-Stone for Many-Birds” Approach [National Science & Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan: Ongoing].
- Development of nanoparticle-exosome hybrid platform with tumor tracking, microenvironment suppression, immune cell activation for the design and application of triple-negative breast cancer treatment [National Science & Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan: Ongoing].
- Structural control and dosage composition of nano-conjugate hyaluronic acid for tumor immunoamplification therapy and cancer vaccine investigation [National Science & Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan: Completed].
- MSc and/or PhD students advised (ongoing and Graduated): MSc: 7 (Melaku Birhane, Molla Tekeste, Wale Aderaw, Memarsew Yargal, Melaku Alemie, Ayenew Getachew & Yamrot Belachew)