About the PI
Wilson Poon, PhD
Dr. Wilson Poon is an assistant professor in the Department of Metallurgical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½. Dr. Poon received his PhD from University of Toronto (Canada) in the Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, investigating the organ- and cellular-level barriers to nanoparticle delivery in vivo. Following that, he was awarded an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship for post-doctoral training in RNA biology and gene editing at the University of California San Francisco in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. He has published peer-reviewed academic papers in journals such as Nature Materials, Nature Nanotechnology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA), and ACS Nano. He is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). His research expertise is in understanding how materials science and biology inform nanoparticle-based drug carrier design and delivery systems engineering. In his spare time, he enjoys swimming, powerlifting, and photography.
Education and Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow: Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of California, San Francisco
- PhD in Biomedical Engineering: Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto
- MEng in Biomedical Engineering: Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University
- BASc in Engineering Science: Division of Engineering Science, University of Toronto
Awards and Honors
- 2025: TAMEST Protégé
- 2022: University of Texas System Rising STARs Award
- 2020: NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship
- 2020: University of Toronto Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award
- 2018: University of Toronto Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Teaching Assistant Award of Excellence
- 2017: Ontario Graduate Scholarship
- 2015: Barbara and Frank Milligan Graduate Fellowship
- 2015: Cecil Yip Doctoral Research Award
- 2014: CIHR Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral
- 2012: CIHR Canadian Graduate Scholarship - Masters
Professional Memberships
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
- Society for Biomaterials (SfB)
- European Journal of Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics (EJPB) - Young Investigators Board
- RSC Pharmaceutics - Advisory Board
- ACS Applied Bio Materials - Early Career Board
Teaching
- MME4390/BME5390/BME6391 - Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
- BME5303/6303 - BME Research and Lab Methods
- BME3305 - Fundamentals of Biomedical Engineering II
- MME3306 - Rate Processes