
James J. Moon, Ph.D. (CV & Google Scholar)
J. G. Searle Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Immunology Graduate Program
Biointerfaces Institute
UM Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Co-Founder and CSO of EVOQ Therapeutics Co-Founder and CSO of Saros Therapeutics
Email: moonjj @umich.edu
Phone: 734-936-2570
Education
2012 Postdoc, Materials Science and Biological Engineering, MIT (HHMI)
2008 Ph.D., Bioengineering, Rice University
2002 BS, Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley
Honors/Awards
2023 Controlled Release Society Samyang Award in Honor of Sung Wan Kim
2023 The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) Fellow
2022 Mid-career Biosciences Faculty Achievement Recognition Award, University of Michigan.
2022 Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society
2022 Biointerfaces Institute Innovator Award
2019 Winner of Grand Prize in Innovate Michigan Competition for EVOQ Therapeutics
2018 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists Emerging Leader Award
2018 ANNIC Mid-Career Nanotechnology Scientific Award
2017 CMBE Young Innovator
2017 University of Michigan Senior Forbes Scholar
2017 Rice University Outstanding Bioengineering Alumnus Award
2017 Emerald Foundation Distinguished Investigator Award
2016 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2016 DoD CDMRP Career Development Award
2015 Melanoma Research Alliance Young Investigator Award
2014 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists New Investigator Award
2013 Recipient of John Gideon Searle Assistant Professorship
2012 NIH/NIAID K22 Research Scholar Development and Faculty Transition Award
2012 American Association of Immunologists Trainee Award
2011 IEEE-EMBS Wyss Institute Award for Translational Research
2010 Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine Young Investigator Award
2008 Mary F.D. Morse Graduate Fellowship Award
2007 Graduate Student Research Award, North American Vascular Biology Organization
2006 Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Award