Kai Slaughter

Post-Doctoral Fellow, 01/2025 - Present

Project

My project is focused on colloidal drug aggregates which are nanoparticles formed by spontaneous self-assembly of drugs in aqueous solution. The drug-rich nature of these particles suggests their potential as an effective drug delivery vehicle. I will research strategies to efficiently deliver these particles into cells and explore how they can be used to enable delivery of other co-assembled therapeutics.

Education

Post-Doctoral Fellow (01/2025-02/2024)
Institute of Biomedical Engineering
University of Toronto

PhD Student (2019-2024)
Institute of Biomedical Engineering
University of Toronto

Bachelor of Applied Science (2013 – 2018)
Nanotechnology Engineering
University of Waterloo

Awards

Cecil Yip Graduate Research Award (2020)
NSERC CGS M (2020)
Milligan Graduate Fellowship (2019)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2019)