Chemistry
faculty

Ellina Mun, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office: 7e.532
Email: ellina.mun@nu.edu.kz
Phone: +7 (7172) 70 63 49
Specializations: Development of drug delivery systems and nano-, micromaterials for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications
Biography

A Ph.D. level scientist with an 8+ research experience in Chemistry/Pharmacy. Having accomplished my Ph.D. at the Reading School of Pharmacy (UK) with a Polymer Chemistry background, I started a position of postdoctoral researcher at the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering of Purdue University (USA) in 2015 for Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corporation (Seoul, Korea) in a team serving as a commercialisation Hub for CKD in Europe and USA for two years. Having been working on the edge of academia and industry, I joined a Stem cell laboratory of the National Center for Biotechnology in Astana as a Leading Scientist, which was followed by a position of PostDoctoral Scholar at the Department of Chemistry, NU in 2020.
Courses Offered

Fall 2023
  • CHEM 341L – Biochemistry I Lab
  • CHEM 518 – Applied Polymer Science (jointly with Professor Vesselin Paunov)
  • CHEM 711 – Polymer Chemistry (jointly with Professor Vesselin Paunov)

Spring 2023
  • CHEM 211 – Organic Chemistry I
  • CHEM 211L – Organic Chemistry I Lab

Fall 2022
  • CHEM 211L – Organic Chemistry I Lab
  • CHEM 518 – Applied Polymer Science (jointly with Professor Vesselin Paunov)
  • CHEM 711 – Polymer Chemistry (jointly with Professor Vesselin Paunov)