University of Kentucky | College of Pharmacy

Tonglei Li

analyze, compute & design
	solid-state organic/drug chemistry

Tonglei Li, Ph.D.

Education

Purdue University

Ph.D. in Pharmaceutics, 1999.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
Advisor: Kinam Park
Thesis: Surface dissolution of crystals studied with atomic force microscopy and molecular simulation

M.S. in Computer Sciences, 1997.
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.

M.S. in Computational Chemistry, 1991.
Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Advisor: Shaofan Lin
Thesis: Development of a PC-based molecular modeling and graphics package

B.S. in Chemistry, 1988.
Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Thesis: Synthesis of a catalytical compound

Professional Experiences

Nankai University

2007 – Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, University of Kentucky

2005 – Member, Center of Nanoscale Electronics and Biotechnology University of Kentucky

2005 – Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky

2002 – 2007 Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, University of Kentucky

1999 – 2002 Visiting Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, Purdue University
Advisor: Ken Morris

1993 – 1999 Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University

1991 – 1993 Research Scientist, Nankai University, China

1988 – 1991 Graduate Research Assistant, Nankai University, China

Honors and Awards

2007 Robert A. Blouin Excellence in Graduate Education Award
2006 DOD Breast Cancer Idea Award
2005 NSF CAREER Award
2004 AACP New Investigator Award
2004 DOD Breast Cancer Concept Award
2003 NSF Nano-Exploratory Grant
2003 PhRMA Research Starter Award
2002 AAPS New Investigator Award
1998 Pharmacia-Upjohn Walter F. Enz Award

solid-state reactions

"Flufenamic Acid "

The difference in the solid-state reaction of two polymorphs of flufenamic acid, form I and form III, can be elucidated by studying their electronic structures, particularly the nuclear Fukui functions, and their mechanical properties.

"Indomethacin"

We have calculated electronic structures of two polymorphs of indomethacin, alpha- and gamma-forms, and employed nuclear Fukui functions for understanding the influence of crystal packing on the chemical reactivity of their solid-state reactions with ammonia gas.

"RDX"

The electronic results illustrate that both homolytic cleavage of N-N bonds and elimination of HONO from RDX exhibit favorability as initial steps in the decomposition of RDX, 1,3,5-trinitro-s-triazine, in either phase. The nuclear Fukui function proved a valuable tool for gaining insight into the initial steps of unimolecular reactions.

"TATP & DADP"

The solid-state explosions of triacetone triperoxide (TATP) and diacetone diperoxide (DADP) exhibit greatly differing sensitivities, TATP being more sensitive. The electronic calculations provided valuable insight into the decomposition sensitivity difference between TATP and DADP crystals.

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