Emrullah Korkmaz

We work at the interface of bioengineering, skin science, and immunology to 'engineer' systemic immune responses based on cutaneous immunomodulation using patient-friendly microtechnologies, with the goal of developing safer and more effective immunotherapies for cancer, allergy, and infectious disease.

  • PhD, Carnegie Mellon University

  • Balmert, S.C., Ghozloujeh, Z.G., Carey, C.D., Williams, L.H., Zhang, J., Shahi, P., Amer, M., Sumpter, T.L., Erdos, G., Korkmaz, E., & Falo, L.D. (2022). A microarray patch SARS-CoV-2 vaccine induces sustained antibody responses and polyfunctional cellular immunity. iScience, 25(10), 105045.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105045.
  • Bandyopadhyay, M., Morelli, A.E., Balmert, S.C., Ward, N.L., Erdos, G., Sumpter, T.L., Korkmaz, E., Kaplan, D.H., Oberbarnscheidt, M.H., Tkacheva, O., Shufesky, W.J., Falo, L.D., & Larregina, A.T. (2022). Skin codelivery of contact sensitizers and neurokinin-1 receptor antagonists integrated in microneedle arrays suppresses allergic contact dermatitis. J Allergy Clin Immunol, 150(1), 114-130.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2021.12.794.
  • Yonet-Tanyeri, N., Amer, M., Balmert, S.C., Korkmaz, E., Falo, L.D., & Little, S.R. (2022). Microfluidic Systems For Manufacturing of Microparticle-Based Drug-Delivery Systems: Design, Construction, and Operation. ACS Biomater Sci Eng, 8(7), 2864-2877.American Chemical Society (ACS). doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.2c00066.
  • Balmert, S.C., Ghozloujeh, Z.G., Carey, C.D., Akilov, O.E., Korkmaz, E., & Falo, L.D. (2021). Research Techniques Made Simple: Skin-Targeted Drug and Vaccine Delivery Using Dissolvable Microneedle Arrays. J Invest Dermatol, 141(11), 2549-2557.e1.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.07.177.
  • Kim, E., Weisel, F.J., Balmert, S.C., Khan, M.S., Huang, S., Erdos, G., Kenniston, T.W., Carey, C.D., Joachim, S.M., Conter, L.J., Weisel, N.M., Okba, N.M.A., Haagmans, B.L., Percivalle, E., Cassaniti, I., Baldanti, F., Korkmaz, E., Shlomchik, M.J., Falo, L.D., & Gambotto, A. (2021). A single subcutaneous or intranasal immunization with adenovirus-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccine induces robust humoral and cellular immune responses in mice. Eur J Immunol, 51(7), 1774-1784.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/eji.202149167.
  • Korkmaz, E., Balmert, S.C., Carey, C.D., Erdos, G., & Falo, L.D. (2021). Emerging skin-targeted drug delivery strategies to engineer immunity: A focus on infectious diseases. Expert Opin Drug Deliv, 18(2), 151-167.Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.1080/17425247.2021.1823964.
  • Korkmaz, E., Balmert, S.C., Sumpter, T.L., Carey, C.D., Erdos, G., & Falo, L.D. (2021). Microarray patches enable the development of skin-targeted vaccines against COVID-19. Adv Drug Deliv Rev, 171, 164-186.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2021.01.022.
  • Balmert, S.C., Carey, C.D., Falo, G.D., Sethi, S.K., Erdos, G., Korkmaz, E., & Falo, L.D. (2020). Dissolving undercut microneedle arrays for multicomponent cutaneous vaccination. J Control Release, 317, 336-346.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.11.023.
  • Erdos, G., Balmert, S.C., Carey, C.D., Falo, G.D., Patel, N.A., Zhang, J., Gambotto, A., Korkmaz, E., & Falo, L.D. (2020). Improved Cutaneous Genetic Immunization by Microneedle Array Delivery of an Adjuvanted Adenovirus Vaccine. J Invest Dermatol, 140(12), 2528-2531.e2.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.03.966.
  • Kim, E., Erdos, G., Huang, S., Kenniston, T.W., Balmert, S.C., Carey, C.D., Raj, V.S., Epperly, M.W., Klimstra, W.B., Haagmans, B.L., Korkmaz, E., Falo, L.D., & Gambotto, A. (2020). Microneedle array delivered recombinant coronavirus vaccines: Immunogenicity and rapid translational development. EBioMedicine, 55, 102743.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2020.102743.
  • Korkmaz, E., & Falo, L.D. (2020). Spherical Nucleic Acids as Emerging Topical Therapeutics: A Focus on Psoriasis. J Invest Dermatol, 140(2), 278-281.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2019.07.683.

  • Balmert, S.C., Ghozloujeh, Z.G., Carey, C., Sumpter, T.L., Erdos, G., Korkmaz, E., & Falo, L.J. (2022). Microarray patch-based adenovirus vaccines enable effective skin immunization. In JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, 142(8), (p. S102).
  • Balmert, S.C., Ghozloujeh, Z.G., Carey, C.D., Sumpter, T.L., Erdos, G., Korkmaz, E., & Falo, L.D. (2021). A multicomponent skin-targeted COVID-19 vaccine elicits robust humoral and cellular immune responses. In JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, 141(5), (p. S6).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.02.048.
  • Balmert, S.C., Carey, C.D., Erdos, G., Korkmaz, E., Little, S.R., & Falo, L.D. (2020). Engineering the skin with microneedle arrays to induce immune tolerance. In JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, 140(7), (p. S11).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.03.103.
  • Mizes, A., Carey, C.D., Friedman, B., Zhang, J., Korkmaz, E., Balmert, S., Erdos, G., & Falo, L.D. (2020). Topical chemo-immunotherapy of melanoma. In JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, 140(7), (p. S9).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.03.084.
  • Korkmaz, E., Sumpter, T., Li, Y., & Falo, L.D. (2019). Skin-targeted delivery of crude peanut extracts using dissolving microneedle arrays. In JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, 139(5), (p. S11).
  • Erdos, G., Falo, G., Korkmaz, E., Ozdoganlar, B., & Falo, L.D.J. (2018). Microneedle array delivery of skin targeted adenovector vaccines. In JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, 138(5), (p. S20).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.03.124.
Research Interests
Clinical sciences Immunology Medical microbiology Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences Biomedical engineering Medical biotechnology
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Contact Emrullah Korkmaz
Assistant Professor
EK001@pitt.edu