Nanotechnology and Phytopharmaceuticals Applications in Drug Discovery and Delivery

Dr. Pooja Chawla is working as a Professor, at the University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab, India. She has more than 24 years of experience in the research, discovery, and development of biologically active pharmaceuticals. Dr. Chawla holds a PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences with a specialization in Chemistry and has published 9 books, more than 50 book chapters, and more than 200 papers in national/international journals and is serving as a reviewer for international journals of repute. Dr. Pooja is also privileged to serve as guest editor of two reputed journals Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry IF 3.3, CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets IF 3.0 and Current Organic Chemistry IF 2.1 of Bentham Sciences. She has been appointed as Academic editor of PLOS ONE journal IF 2.6 and she has been serving as Assistant editor for Health Sciences Review Journal by Elsevier publishers. She has guided more than 60 postgraduate projects and her research team consists of 3 Masters and 4 Doctoral research scholars. She has seven published patents and five design patents to her credit. Her area of research interest focuses on the design and synthesis of various heterocyclic moieties including 4-Thiazolidinones, 2,4-Thiazolidiedione, Coumarin, Pyrazolines, Schiff’s base derivatives to name a few for the discovery of medicinally important agents as anticonvulsants, antidepressants, anticancer, anti-Alzheimer’s agents. She is well-versed with method development and validation and guiding research scholars in this field. Recently she has been included in the list of top 2% scientists by Stanford University. 

Dr. Viney Chawla is working as Professor and Principal at University Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, India. He holds a PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences with specialization in Pharmaceutics. His area of research includes colloidal drug delivery systems, solid lipid nanoparticles, nanostructured lipid carriers, microspheres etc. Dr. Chawla has more than 27 years of teaching and research experience. He has more than 100 research or review articles in national and international journals of repute. He has also published five books and 51 book chapters. He has guided 50 M Pharm. students and is currently guiding 5 M Pharm. and 4 PhD scholars. He has been associated with a number of international journals as a reviewer. He has been associated with PLOS One as its Academic Editor. He has chaired many scientific sessions and delivered invited talks in a number of conferences in India and abroad.