Dr. Kun Cheng is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). Dr. Cheng received his B.S./M.S. from China Pharmaceutical University (1996/1999) and another M.S. from Nationa University of Singaprore (2001). He was a research scientist at the Brightfuture Pharmaceutical Company in HongKong prior to joining the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, where he received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2007). He joined UMKC as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in 2013 and to Full Professor in 2017.
Curators Distinguished Professor
Chancellor’s Professor of Research Excellence
Margaret Proctor Mulligan Professor in Medical Research
Medical Pharmacology & Physiology
University of Missouri School of Medicine