[vc_row][vc_column][distance][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][big_title bigtitle_content=”Doctoral Student”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_single_image image=”9607″ img_size=”medium” style=”vc_box_shadow_border”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][contact_info heading_text=”Associate Administrator” phone_number=”612-624-8042″ email=”[email protected]” email_url=”[email protected]”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][subtitle subtitle_content=”Education”][vc_column_text]M.S. Chemical Engineering
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2013

B.S. Chemical Engineering
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India, 2010[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][subtitle subtitle_content=”Publications”][vc_column_text]Dhande Y.K., Xiong M., & Zhang K. (2012) Production of C5 carboxylic acids in engineered Escherichia coli. Process Biochemistry 47(12): 1965-1971.

Zhang K., Woodruff A.P., Xiong M., Zhou J., & Dhande Y.K. (2011) A synthetic metabolic pathway for production of the platform chemical isobutyric acid. ChemSusChem 4(8):1068-1070.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][subtitle subtitle_content=”Research”][vc_column_text]I am studying the in vivo distribution of DNA delivered as polyplexes formulated with the carbohydrate-based block copolymers developed in our group. The objective is to achieve a liver-targeted delivery of DNA for treatment of various autosomal recessive disorders. Specifically, I will be studying a mouse model of Mucopolysaccharidosis type I to establish the efficacy of these polymers for gene therapy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row]