Dr. Lei Luo

Dr. Lei Luo is a professor at Southwest University in Chongqing, China, a National Youth Talent and the Youth Chief of National Key Research and Development Program. He obtained his BS degree from China Pharmaceutical University in 2007, his MA from Loughborough University, England in 2009, and his PhD from the University of Sheffield, England in 2014.

Since graduation, he has been working at the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Southwest University, teaching courses such as Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy, Biopharmaceuticals and Pharmacokinetics, among which the all-English course Pharmaceutics was rated as a brand course in English for studying in China by Chongqing Municipal Education Commission. The students he instructed won the Gold Medal in the Chongqing Division Tryout of the China International "Internet +" College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

He has presided over 1 National Key Research and Development Program for Young Scientists, 2 National Natural Science Foundation of China, 3 Chongqing Science and Technology Projects and 8 Science and Technology Development Projects. The first domestic animal-specific choleretic drug Menbutone (chemical drug) he developed has obtained 3 national Class II new veterinary drug certificates, formulated 4 new veterinary drug national standards and residue testing standards, and he has obtained 1 clinical approval of a new drug for human use as well as 5 invention patent authorizations, including 1 in America and 4 in China.

He has published more than 20 papers in pharmaceutical journals such as J. Control Release, Acta Pharm. Sin. B, etc.

He is a recipient of the title "2021 Top Ten Chongqing Scientific and Technological Innovation Persons of the Year", the young editor of Asian J. Pharm., the executive director of the Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology Branch of the Chinese Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, the director of the China Drug Administration Research Association, the member of the Chongqing Drug Administration's Pharmacy and Cosmetics Expert Committee, and the director of the Chongqing Pharmacological Society.

The research direction of Dr. Luo is the creation and industrialization of pharmaceutical preparations, new drugs/new veterinary drugs and pharmaceutical excipients.

Email: drluolei@swu.edu.cn

ORCID iD:    http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7060-434X

Researchgate:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lei-Luo-35