Christopher Alabi

American chemist

Christopher Akinleye Alabi
Alma mater	New York University Stevens Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology
Scientific career
Institutions	Cornell University
Thesis	I. Synthesis and Proton Conductivity Studies of Mesostructured Organosilicates and Bitriazole-Polymer Composites. II. Targeted Nanoparticles for siRNA Delivery. (2009)
Doctoral advisor	Mark E. Davis
Other academic advisors	Robert S. Langer David Israel Schuster

Website	Alabi Lab

Christopher A. Alabi is an American chemist and associate professor of chemistry at Cornell University. His research considers the design of sustainable materials and biomolecular therapeutics. He was elected to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering in 2023.

Early life and education

Alabi studied chemistry at New York University, where he completed undergraduate research project with David Schuster.^[1] He earned a joint bachelor's degree in chemistry and chemical engineering at NYU and the Stevens Institute of Technology.^[1] He later said that much of his success in academia came from his strong friendships and network at NYU.^[2] He moved to the California Institute of Technology for his doctoral research, where he worked alongside Mark E. Davis. He joined Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow with Robert S. Langer.^[1]

Research and career

In 2013 Alabi joined the faculty at Cornell University.^[1] His group make use of synthetic and analytical probes to understand and engineer macromolecular therapeutics. He creates sequence-defined macromolecules for stimuli-response and identifies optimised drug delivery bioconjugates.^[3]

Awards and honours

PhRMA Foundation Research Starter Award^[4]
2016 Cornell Engineering Research Excellence Award^[5]
2018 Tau Beta Pi Professor of the Year Award^[6]
2018 Polymer Science and Engineering Young Investigator Award^[7]^[8]
2022 Cornell University College Teaching Award^[9]
2023 Elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering^[10]

Select publications

Mark E. Davis; Jonathan E. Zuckerman; Chung Hang J. Choi; et al. (15 April 2010). "Evidence of RNAi in humans from systemically administered siRNA via targeted nanoparticles". Nature. 464 (7291): 1067–70. Bibcode:2010Natur.464.1067D. doi:10.1038/NATURE08956. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 2855406. PMID 20305636. Wikidata Q29615957.
Chung Hang J Choi; Christopher A Alabi; Paul Webster; Mark E Davis (29 December 2009). "Mechanism of active targeting in solid tumors with transferrin-containing gold nanoparticles". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 107 (3): 1235–1240. Bibcode:2010PNAS..107.1235C. doi:10.1073/PNAS.0914140107. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 2824286. PMID 20080552. Wikidata Q33666994.
Gaurav Sahay; William Querbes; Christopher Alabi; et al. (23 June 2013). "Efficiency of siRNA delivery by lipid nanoparticles is limited by endocytic recycling". Nature Biotechnology. 31 (7): 653–658. doi:10.1038/NBT.2614. ISSN 1087-0156. PMC 3814166. PMID 23792629. Wikidata Q37270647.

References

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^ "Christopher A. Alabi | Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering". www.cheme.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
^ "Synthetic Sequence-Defined Macromolecules in Materials Science | Materials Science and Engineering". mse.rpi.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
^ "Research Excellence Awards | Cornell Engineering". www.engineering.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
^ "Professor Chris Alabi awarded Tau Beta Pi Professor of the Year | Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering". www.cheme.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
^ "Prof. Chris Alabi has been selected as a 2018 PMSE Young Investigator | Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering". www.cheme.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
^ "PMSE Early Stage Investigator Symposium – PMSE". Retrieved 2023-11-11.
^ "Awards honor excellence in engineering teaching and advising | Cornell Engineering". www.engineering.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
^ "Five Faculty Inducted into the 2023 Class of the AIMBE College of Fellows | Cornell Engineering". www.engineering.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-11.