Alumni
Visiting Scientists and Research/Clinical Fellows
Mr. Srinivas Ganta, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, July, 2007 – October, 2007
Dr. Pauline Pei Li, Associate Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, August, 2007
Dr. Wei Duan, Associate Professor, Daikin University, School of Medicine, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, May, 2008
Dr. Cristina Dehelean, Professor, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania, November, 2008
Mr. Jose das Neves, PhD Candidate, University of Porto, College of Pharmacy, Porto, Portugal, September, 2009 – March, 2010
Ms. Sharareh Adeli, PhD Candidate, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. November, 2009 – March, 2010
Dr. Satheesh Elangovan, Research Fellow, The Forsyth Dental Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, November, 2009 – May, 2010
Ms. Meghna Talekar, PhD Candidate, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, July, 2011 – December, 2011
Dr. Florence Gattacceca, Assistant Professor, Montpellier University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Montpellier, Cedex, France, August, 2012 – August, 2013; June, 2016 – September, 2016
Dr. Florence Gattacceca, Associate Professor, Aix- Marseille University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Marseille, France, July, 2018 – September, 2018
Ms. Ana Vanessa Nascimento, PhD Candidate, University of Porto, College of Pharmacy, Porto, Portugal, August, 2012 – October, 2014
Ms. Minah Iqbal, MS in Biotechnology, Columbia University, New York, NY, January, 2015 – May, 2015
Dr. Sundus Tewfik, Professor, London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom, March, 2016 – April, 2016
Dr. Michelle Miyake, Clinical ENT Fellow, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, January, 2017 – December 2017
Ms. Smrithi Padmakumar, PhD Candidate, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India, September, 2017 – March, 2018
Ms. Sevde Altuntas, PhD Candidate, Tobb University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey, November, 2017 – August, 2018
Ms. Flavia Sousa, PhD Candidate, University of Porto, College of Pharmacy, Porto, Portugal, February, 2018 – August, 2018
Dr. Alan D. Workman, Clinical ENT Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June, 2020 – December, 2021
Dr. Melis Debreli Coskun, Post-Doctoral Associate, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Zuckerberg College of Health Science, Lowell, Massachusetts, May, 2021 – March, 2023
Ms. Alicia Yang, Medical Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, June, 2023 – August, 2023
Dr. Andy Chua, Clinical ENT Fellow, Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore, September, 2022 – August, 2023
Mr. Paulo Faria, PhD Candidate, University of Porto, College of Pharmacy, Porto, Portugal, January, 2024 – July, 2024
Research Faculty and Post-Doctoral Associates
Dr. Curtis F. Crasto, Post-Doctoral Associate, July, 2002 – May, 2004
Dr. Dinesh B. Shenoy, Associate Research Scientist, June, 2003 – December, 2005
Dr. Sandip K. Tiwari, Post-Doctoral Associate, August, 2004 – June, 2006
Dr. Tushar K. Vyas, Post-Doctoral Associate, December, 2005 – December, 2006
Dr. Aliasgar Shahiwala, Post-Doctoral Associate, August, 2006 – August, 2007
Dr. Harikrishna Devalapally, Post-Doctoral Associate, November, 2005 – February, 2008
Dr. Christina Kriegel, Post-Doctoral Associate, September, 2008 – June, 2010
Dr. Srinivas Ganta, Post-Doctoral Associate, April, 2008 – February, 2010
Dr. Srinivas Ganta, Associate Research Scientist, March, 2010 – November, 2010
Dr. Sampath Abeylath, Post-Doctoral Associate, March, 2010 – May, 2011
Dr. Tatyana Chernenko, Post-Doctoral Associate, May, 2010 – March, 2012
Dr. Ming Chen, Associate Research Scientist, July, 2011 – March, 2012
Dr. Qiong-Lin Zhou, Research Assistant Professor, December, 2010 – August, 2012
Dr. Srinivas Reddy Boreddy, Associate Research Scientist, August, 2012 – January, 2013
Dr. Dattatri Nagesha, Post-Doctoral Associate, July, 2004 – May, 2013
Dr. Arun K. Iyer, Post-Doctoral Associate, May, 2008 – December, 2008
Dr. Arun K. Iyer, Associate Research Scientist, December, 2010 – June, 2012
Dr. Arun K. Iyer, Research Assistant Professor, July, 2012 – January, 2014
Dr. Sanjib Bhattacharya, Post-Doctoral Associate, April, 2014 – June, 2014
Dr. Malav Trivedi, Post-Doctoral Associate, July, 2014 – December, 2014
Dr. Amit Singh, Associate Research Scientist , May, 2011 – January, 2015
Dr. Meghna Talekar, Post-Doctoral Associate, April, 2013 – April, 2015
Dr. Than-Huyen Tran, Post-Doctoral Associate, December, 2013 – October, 2015
Dr. George Matthiolampakis, Post-Doctoral Associate, August, 2014 – May, 2016
Dr. Gulzar Ahmad, Post-Doctoral Associate, December, 2015 – November, 2017
Dr. Neha Parayath, Post-Doctoral Associate, April, 2016 – May, 2018
Dr. Harkiranpreet Dhaliwal, Post-Doctoral Associate, August, 2016 – October, 2018
Dr. Maie Taha, Post-Doctoral Associate, June, 2019 – August, 2020
Dr. Renuka Khatik, Post-Doctoral Associate, December, 2020 – January, 2021
Dr. Smrithi Padmakumar, Post-Doctoral Associate, May, 2019 – April, 2021
Dr. Shallu Kutlehria, Post-Doctoral Associate, December, 2020 – October, 2021
Dr. Haneyeh Shahbazian, Post-Doctoral Associate, June, 2021 – October, 2021
Dr. Ahmed Radwan, Medical Fellow, March, 2016 – August, 2018
Dr. Ahmed Radwan, Visiting Scholar, September, 2018 – December, 2021
Dr. Kohal Das, Academic-Industrial Postdoc, November, 2019 – May, 2022
Dr. Saeideh Nozohouri, Post-Doctoral Associate, January, 2021 – October, 2022
Dr. Mir Javid Iqbal, Post-Doctoral Associate, July, 2021 – April, 2023
Dr. Zhongkun Zhang, Post-Doctoral Associate, November 2022 – August 2023
Dr. Dimitrios Bitounis, Post-Doctoral Associate, February, 2022 – October, 2023
Dr. Sindhu Pillai, Post-Doctoral Associate, November 2022 – Present
Doctoral Students
Mr. Radi Hejazi, May 2003: Stomach-Specific Delivery of Tetracycline-Chitosan Microspheres for the Treatment of Helicobacter pylori Infection.
Ms. Goldi Kaul, August 2004: Long-Circulating Poly(Ethylene Glycol)-Modified Gelatin Nanoparticles for Tumor-Targeted Gene Delivery.
Ms. Sushma Kommareddy, May 2006: Gelatin-Based Nanoparticulate Vectors for Tumor-Targeted Therapeutic Gene Delivery
Mr. Mayank Bhavsar, August 2007: Oral Gene Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Using Nanoparticles-in-Microsphere Hybrid Delivery System
Ms. Lilian van Vlerken, February 2008: Modulation of Multidrug Resistance in Cancer Using Polymer-Blend Nanoparticles
Mr. Luis Brito, December 2008: Local Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Gene Delivery and Transfection with Lipopolyplexes for the Treatment of Coronary Restenosis
Ms. Lara Jabr-Milane, June 2010: Tumor Hypoxia, Warburg’s Effect, and Drug Resistance: Modulation of Aerobic Glycolysis Using Combination Paclitaxel/Lonidamine Therapy Delivered in Targeted Polymeric Nanoparticles
Mr. Mayur Kalariya, July 2012: Multi-Compartmental Delivery Systems for Peptide and DNA Vaccines for Melanoma Immunotherapy
Ms. Shanthi Ganesh, August 2012: Hyaluronic Acid-Based Self-Assembled Multifunctional Nanosystems to Overcome Drug Resistance in Lung Cancer
Ms. Lipa Shah, May 2013: Multifunctional Nanoemulsions for Systemic Delivery of Analgesic Peptides to the CNS
Ms. Jing Xu, June 2013: Multimodal Therapeutic Strategy for Pancreatic Cancer: EGFR-targeted Gelatin-Based Nanovectors for Combination Wild-Type p53 Gene and Cytotoxic Drug Delivery
Ms. Dipti Deshpande, July 2013: Multimodal Omega-3 Fatty Acid Oil-Containing Nanoemulsion-Based Therapeutic Strategy for the Treatment of Endothelial Dysfunction in Coronary Artery Disease
Ms. Aziza Jamal-Alial, August 2013: Serum 25(OH)-Vitamin D Concentrations and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Associations among Older Puerto Ricans
Mr. Shardool Jain, December 2013: Macrophage-Targeted Tuftsin-Modified Non-Condensing Alginate Nanoparticles for Anti-Inflammatory Gene Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ms. Sunita Yadav, November 2014: Intranasal Delivery of Peptide and siRNA Therapeutics Encapsulated in Lipid Nanocarriers to the Brain for the Treatment of Neuro-Inflammation
Ms. Verbena Kosovrasti, April 2015: Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticles for Systemic RNA Interference Therapy of Advanced Sepsis
Ms. Ruchi Shah, March 2016: Evaluation and Optimization of Novel Self-Emulsifying Squalene Oil Emulsion Adjuvant Formulations for Potent Immune Response with Model Antigens
Mr. Husain Attarwala, March 2016: Multi-Compartmental Oral Delivery Systems for TG-2 and IL-15 Gene Silencing in the Treatment of Celiac Disease
Ms. Ekta Kadakia, December 2018: Experimental Investigation and Mathematical Modeling for Nanoemulsion-Based Drug Delivery to the Central Nervous System
Mr. Rushit Lodaya, June 2019: Self-Emulsifying Adjuvant Systems Containing Alpha-Tocopherol for Subunit Vaccines
Ms. Dongyu Chen, June 2019: Role of Protein Corona on Tumor-Targeted Delivery of dsiRNA using Lipid Nanoparticles
Ms. Grishma Pawar, June 2019: “Trans-nasal Mucosal Delivery of BDNF AntagoNAT Oligonucleotides Using Heterotopic Mucosal Engrafting for Parkinson’s Disease”
Mr. Christopher Francis, April 2020: Non-Viral CRISPR/Cas9 Based Gene Editing in Hepatocytes for Wilson’s Disease
Mr. Aatman Doshi, July 2021: Targeted Delivery of Low-Dose Liposomal STING Agonist to CD103+ Dendritic Cells in Tumor Immunotherapy
Mr. Srujan Gandham, July 2021: Modulation of Extracellular Vesicular microRNA in Multidrug Resistant Ovarian Cancer
Ms. Archita Menon, July 2021: The Role of Iron in Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity – Risk Factors and Therapeutic Strategies
Mr. Kevin Craig, August 2021: Macrophage-Targeted Oligonucleotide Therapeutics to Downregulate Inflammatory Cytokines in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
Ms. Angela Nocera, January 2022: Role of Cystatins in the Formation and Maintenance of Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps: Mechanistic Understanding and RNAi Therapeutic Strategy
Mr. Gregory Jones, July 2022: Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Iron Transport to Guide the Rational Development of Novel Nano-Chelator Formulations for the Treatment of Iron Overload Disorders
Ms. Lauren Gauthier, April 2023: Investigating Relevant Nonclinical Toxicity Species for Immune-Modulatory Drugs
Ms. Kanika Suri, September 2023: Lipid Nanoparticle Mediated Oral Delivery of RNA for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mr. Dhaval Oza, October 2023: Peritoneal Macrophage Tropism and Migration in Acute Injury Models and the Treatment Strategy for Acetaminophen-Induced Liver Toxicity
Ms. Shwetha Iyer, October 2023: Sustained Intraocular Delivery of Anti-VEGF Antibody for Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Master’s Students
Mr. Vijaykumar R. Patel, September 1995: Chitosan-Poly(Ethylene Oxide) Semi-Interpenetrating Polymer Network as a pH-Sensitive Drug Delivery System.
Ms. Amira Ahmed, September 1997: Novel Drug Delivery Systems for the Treatment of H. pylori Infection.
Ms. Sweta Shah, September 1999: Stomach-Specific Antibiotic Therapy for H. pylori Infection.
Ms. Sarah Nsereko, June 2001: Chitin Microparticles for Localized Delivery of Paclitaxel: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies.
Mr. Jugminder S. Chawla, April 2002: Poly(epsilon-caprolactone) Nanoparticles for Tumor-Targeted Delivery of Tamoxifen: In Vitro Studies.
Mr. Ehab Taqieddin, April 2002: Enzyme Immobilization in Perm-selective Chitosan-Alginate Hybrid Microcapsules.
Ms. Anupama Potineni, April 2002: Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-Modified Poly(Beta-Amino Ester) Nanoparticles: Long-Circulating pH Sensitive Biodegradable System for Paclitaxel Delivery.
Mr. Srinivasan Namala, June 2003: Iontophoresis: A Tool to Enhance Transdermal Drug Delivery
Ms. Pallavi Devurkar, June 2003: In Vitro Evaluation of Chitosan Microspheres for Stomach-Specific Drug Delivery
Ms. Lilian van Vlerken, April 2005; Matriculated into the PhD program: Combination Therapy of Ceramide and Paclitaxel Delivered in Poly(Ethylene Oxide)-Modified Poly(Epsilon-Caprolactone) Nanoparticles as a Potential Strategy for Overcoming Tumor Multidrug Resistance
Mr. Gurinder S. Saini, January 2006: Preparation and Characterization of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide-Gold Core-Shell Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications
Ms. Lipa Shah, December 2006, Matriculated into the PhD program: Biodegradable Polymeric Nanoparticles for Intracellular Saquinavir Delivery in HIV/AIDS
Ms. Ankita Desai, December 2006: In Vitro Evaluations of Multi-functional Nanoemulsion Formulations for Brain Tumor Therapy
Ms. Jasneet Oberai, May 2007: Novel Nanoemulsions with Temperature-Responsive Drug Delivery
Ms. Shraddha Babaria, August 2007: Cationic Liposomes for Intranasal Gene Delivery to the Brain
Ms. Sunita Yadav, December 2007, Matriculated into the PhD program: MultifunctionalNanotherapeutic Strategy for MDR-1 Gene Silencing and Chemotherapy Administration to Overcome Multidrug Resistance in Cancer
Ms. Dipti Deshpande, December 2007, Matriculated into the PhD program: Biodegradable Nanoparticle System for Intracellular Administration of Paclitaxel and Ceramide in Coronary Restenosis
Ms. Aparna Chavali, May 2008: p53 Gene Therapy for Cancer
Ms. Sunaina Pai, August 2008: In Vitro Evaluations of Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Simultaneous EGFR Gene Silencing and Drug Delivery in Pancreatic Cancer
Ms. Sindhura Ganga, August 2008: Multifunctional Nanoemulsion System for Combination Paclitaxel and Curcumin Delivery for Enhancement in Therapeutic Efficacy in Human Glioblastoma Cells
Mr. Shardool Jain, August 2008; Matriculated into the PhD program: Non-Condensing Calcium Alginate Microspheres for Gene Delivery and Transfection in Macrophages
Ms. Padmaja Magadala, October 2008: Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor-Targeted Gelatin-Based Nanovectors for Gene Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Ms. Pooja Sane, May 2009: Down-Regulation of MDR-1 and MRP-1 by Curcumin Using Nanoemulsion Formulations in Drug Resistant Tumor Cells
Ms. Saradha Chandrasekhar, May 2009: DNA Delivery in Aortic Smooth Muscle and Endothelial Cells using Cationic Lipopolyplexes from Gelatin-Coated Stainless Steel Meshes
Mr. Niraj Patel, July 2009: Targeted Methylene Blue-Containing Polymeric Nanoparticle Formulations for Oral Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy
Mr. Chinmay Bakshi, July 2009: Temperature-Sensitive Nanoemulsions made with Oils Rich in Polyunstaturated Fatty Acid in Enhancing Cytotoxicity and Apoptosis in Multidrug Resistant Tumor Cells
Ms. Sandra Chadwick, August 2009: Mucosal Delivery of Tuberculosis DNA Vaccination using Ovalbumin Nanoparticle-Containing W/O/W Multiple Emulsion-Based Hybrid Delivery System
Ms. Anisha Korde, August 2010, Matriculated into the PhD program: Stomach-Specific Chitosan-PEO Hydrogel Delivery Systems for H. pylori Infection
Ms. Pei-Chin Tsai, December 2010: In Vitro Evaluations of EGFR-Targeted Gold-Coated Microspheres and Gold Nano-Rods for Imaging Oral Pre-cancerous Lesions
Ms. Shruti Shah, December 2010: Hypoxia in Tumor Angiogenesis and Metastasis: Evaluation of VEGF and MMP Over-expression and Down-Regulation of HIF-1a with RNAi in Hypoxic Tumor Cells
Mr. Husain Attarwala, December 2010, Matriculated into the PhD program: In Vitro Evaluations of Macrophage-Targeted Anti-Inflammatory Gene Delivery and Transfection using Nanoparticle-in-Emulsion Formulations
Mr. Milind Chalishazar, May 2011: Isolation and Evaluation of Human Melanoma Exosomes in Multiple Emulsion Formulation for Prophylactic and Therapeutic Vaccination
Ms. Ruchi Shah, August 2011, Matriculated into the PhD program: Inhibition of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1 Activation in Pancreatic Tumor Spheroids with 2-Methoxyestradiol-Containing Polymeric Nanoparticles
Mr. Hardip Gopani, August 2011: Combination Chemo- and Hyperoxia Therapy using Nanoemulsion Delivery Systems
Mr. Deep Shah, May 2012: Establishment and Characterization of an Adjuvant Arthritis Model in Lewis Rats
Ms. Kinjal Sankhe, May, 2012: In Vivo Evaluations of Endothelial Regenerative Effects of Estradiol-Encapsulated Nanoemulsions in Wild-type C57BL/6J and ApoE-/- Knockout Mice
Ms. Lavanya Thapa, May 2012: Evaluation of Melanoma Exosomes-Containing W/O/W Multiple Emulsion Vaccine Formulation in B16F10-Tumor Bearing C57BL6/J Mice
Mr. Kamaljeet Singh Sandhu, August 2012: TNF-a Gene Silencing using Hyaluronic Acid-Based Self-Assembled Nanoparticles in Macrophages for the Treatment of Inflammatory Conditions Associated with Type 1 Diabetes
Ms. Darshna Patel, August 2012: In Vitro Evaluations of Ceramide Co-Therapy in Non-Targeted and EGFR-Targeted Biodegradable Polymeric Nanoparticles for Enhancing Therapeutic Efficacy in Ovarian Cancer
Ms. Sravani Kathireddy, May 2013: Multi-functional Nanoemulsions for Targeted Estradiol Delivery in the Treatment of Endothelial Dysfunction in Atherosclerosis
Mr. Ganesan Venkatesan, May 2013: “Click” Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Hyaluronic Acid-Based Macrostructures for Self-Assembled Nanoparticles
Ms. Ankita Raikar, August 2013: HIF-1a Activation in 3D Tumor Spheroids and Evaluation of 2-Methoxyestradiol Therapy using Targeted Nanoparticle Formulations
Mr. Aatman Doshi, August 2013: In Vitro Evaluations of Control and Lyp-1 Peptide-Modified Nano-Particulate Bisphosphonate Delivery for Ablation of Tumor-Associated Macrophages (TAMs)
Mr. Srujan Gandham, December 2014: In Vitro Evaluations of Hexokinase-2 Inhibition with 2-Bromopyruvate Encapsulated in Targeted Nanocarrier Formulations using 3D Spheroid Models of Aerobic Glycolysis
Mr. Adwait Oka, December 2014: Targeted siRNA Delivery Strategy with Water-in-Oil-in-Water Multiple Emulsion for Modulation of Tumor-Associated Macrophage Polarity in Immunotherapy of Cancer
Mr. Qijun (Oscar) Ouyang, May 2015: Re-Polarization of Tumor Associated Macrophages with MicroRNA Nanovectors
Ms. Grishma Pawar, May 2015 – Matriculated into the PhD program: CNS Delivery of BDNF in Thermogelling Polymer Depot in Sprague-Dawley Rats
Mr. Parin Shah, May 2015: MicroRNA-Based Transfection and Epigenetic Changes in Lung Tumor Model
Ms. Mei-Ju Su, December 2015: Tumor Exosome-Mediated Macrophage Reprogramming in a Co-Culture Model and Evaluation of MicroRNA Delivery with Hyaluronic Acid-Based Nanoparticles
Ms. Dandan Ling, May 2016: miR-34a/Let-7a Combination Therapy in Refractory Lung Cancer using Targeted Hyaluronic Acid Nanoparticles
Ms. Megha Suresh, May 2016, Matriculated into the PhD program: Hetero-Cellular 3-D Spheroids of Pancreatic Tumor Cells for MicroRNA-34 Delivery using Hyaluronic Acid-Based Nanoparticles
Ms. Charul Avachat, December 2017: In Vitro Evaluations of BDNF Plasmid DNA Delivery and Transfection using Cationic Liposomes in Parkinson’s Disease Model
Ms. Krina Shah, December 2017: Pancreatic Tumor Cell-Fibroblast Heterocellular 3D Spheroid as a Model of Hypoxia and the Role of Nanoparticle-Mediated MicroRNA Therapy
Ms. Tanjeela Jahan, May 2020: Mitochondrial Network Density in Regulating Apoptosis and Neuronal Cell Death in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Mr. Saket Dolare, December 2021: Mitochondrial Network Density and Cellular Apoptosis Modulation in Drug Resistant Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells
Ms. Rutuja Dighe, December 2021: Role of Intercellular Communication through Tunneling Nanotubes in Ovarian Cancer Cells and Therapeutic Resistance
Mr. Hongyu Li, August 2023: Inhibition of Extracellular Vesicle Release from Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells using Anti-SNARE Peptide Encapsulated Liposomes
Ms. Sophia Cabellon, April 2024: The Use of Nanoparticles to Deliver Vitamin A for the Treatment of Chronic Rhinosinusitis in an In Vitro Model
Ms. Allison Rogers, April 2024: Formulation and Evaluation of Mitochondrial Network Enhancing Nanomedicine to Increase Mitochondrial Fusion