Nanomedicine and Developmental Biology Convergence for Advanced Therapeutic Approaches

Dr. Yousuf Mohammed completed his Ph.D. in pharmaceutics and skin drug delivery under the guidance of Associate Prof. Heather Benson, Prof Michael Roberts, and Associate Prof. Tarl Prow. He has been working within the field of skin delivery at the Therapeutics Research Centre, University of Queensland—School of Medicine since 2012. His current research includes managing a five-year (2018–2023) US FDA funded project titled Bioequivalence of Topical products: Elucidating the Thermodynamic and Functional Characteristics of Compositionally Different Topical Formulations as a Principle Investigator and managing the five-year project (2014–2019) Characterization of Critical Quality Attributes for Semisolid Topical Drug Products as a co-investigator. These projects aims to improve current regulatory guidelines for topical and transdermal semisolid products. Over the last 6 years, his work has been focused on skin penetration and skin toxicology of drugs and xenobiotics including nanoparticulate materials.

Mohammad Imran is affiliated with the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Queensland. His research focuses on nanomedicine, targeted drug delivery systems, pharmaceutical formulation development, and translational therapeutics. He has authored and co-authored numerous scientific publications in the fields of nanotechnology and pharmaceutical sciences, with over 2500 citations and an H-index of 25. Imran is actively involved in interdisciplinary research collaborations and scientific publishing and serves as an editor for academic publications in pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences.

Dr. Saurav Kumar Jha is a research scientist trained at Department of Biomedicine, Health, and Life Covergence Sciences, Mokpo National University, South Korea. After his Ph.D. graduation in February 2022, former joined as the research and development manager of Curex Pharmaceuticals Private Limite, Kavre Banepa, 45210, Nepal, and served the pharmaceutical Industry for a year. At present, Dr. Jha is a research scientist at developmental biology lab, Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Department of IIT Kanpur. Dr. Jha area of expertise are physical pharmaceutics, nanomedicine, and drug delivery. Dr. Saurav has excellent publication profile with more than 20 publication and h-index of 9.

Dr. Nadeem Akhtar, a scientist, is currently making significant strides in the animal health and longevity sector for a leading Canadian company, CBS Bio Platforms Inc. His impressive background demonstrates that he has held a variety of important positions in academia and research throughout his career. Dr. Akhtar was a research associate at the University of Guelph, Canada, where the objective of his work was to improve companion animal’s health in order to promote a superior and more health-conscious lifestyle. Prior to assuming this position, he excelled as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada (2019–2021) and the Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Canada (2015–2019). His accomplishments in the National Eligibility Test (NET-2010) and Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE) in Life Sciences (2010) and Biotechnology (2011) further emphasize his academic excellence.