EDITORIAL SECTIONS

Smita Agrawal holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. She has over 20 years of research experience in stem cell biology, neuroscience, immunology, genomics, oncology and real-world data. She currently serves as an independent consultant, offering strategic guidance and insights to life sciences companies on genomics, AI, and health care data applications.

Dr. Stevan Pecic is an assistant professor at the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at California State University, Fullerton. His main research interests and assignments are focused on the identification of novel inhibitors of enzymes involved in lipid metabolism and their evaluation as potential therapeutics in pain management.

Xiaohui Weng earned a bachelor’s in chemistry from Fordham University and recently completed her master’s degree working in Dr. Pecic medicinal chemistry lab at California State University, Fullerton. Her current research focuses on target identification for glioblastoma and the synthesis of new anti-cancer drugs.

Michael Gonzalez is a graduate student pursuing a master’s in chemistry at California State University Fullerton. Currently he also interns at a start-up biotech company, playing an important role in chemistry development for their high-throughput macrocyclic synthesis platform.

Arya obtained his Hon. BSc. in Human kinetics from University of Guelph, where he completed a summer internship at Dr. Ghavami’s lab at University of Manitoba. Arya then pursued a double major from York University majoring in Neuropsychology. Arya’s research under the supervision of Dr. Ghavami resulted in four publications, and he has since been involved in the review and publication process of manuscripts in highly regarded journals. Arya is currently entering the second year of his Doctor of Dental Surgery program at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto.

Dr. Amir Barzegar Behrooz is a cancer researcher and postdoctoral fellow at the College of Pharmacy, University of Manitoba. His work focuses on various aspects of cancer biology, particularly glioblastoma. His work focuses on targeted cancer therapy, and theranostic targets in cancer cells via Onco-Multi-OMICS.

Dr. Rui Vitorino, Principal Investigator at the University of Aveiro, specializes in OMICS, proteomics, and bioinformatics. His research on biofluids like saliva and urine aims to uncover disease pathways and biomarkers. Vitorino's multidisciplinary approach enhances early disease detection, influencing molecular and cell biology studies significantly.

Dr. Ghavami, an Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba, specializes in apoptosis, autophagy, and unfolded protein response regulation. With over 300 publications and numerous awards, he's globally recognised. Affiliated with institutions worldwide, he serves as Associate Editor for multiple scientific journals.

Abhinab Goswamiis currently pursuing his Ph.D. from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati. He has published 01 research paper, 02 review articles and 01 book chapter in renowned journals/international book. His research focus lies in developing the neoteric solvents-based injectable dispersions for intra-auricular administration. He has also identified few neoteric solvents potential for converting them into nanomedicines.

Datta Maroti Pawde is currently pursuing his Ph.D. from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati. He has published 05 research papers, 05 review articles and 03 book chapters in renowned journals/international book. Using the dual drug-loaded emulsions at lab-and pilot-scale, the intraarticular injections are developed to treat inflammatory conditions produced at articular or periarticular structures.

Syed Nazrin Ruhina Rahman is currently pursuing her Ph.D. from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati. She has published 02 research papers, 06 review articles and 04 book chapters in renowned journals/international book. Her research focus lies in managing the dry-eye syndrome by the topical application of cyclosporin A-loaded cationic emulsions.

Faculty Member, SB College of Pharmacy

Tamilvanan Shunmugaperumal is currently working at National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati. He has published 58 research papers, 24 review articles and 08 book chapters in renowned journals international book. He is also author of 07 international books and holding 04 granted patents, 03 copyrights materials, etc.. His industrial-oriented research resulted in transfer of cationic emulsion formula from lab to industry.

USN Murty is currently working as Director of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati. He is the man of antimalarial research especially finding molecular leads from plant sources. He holds more than 100 research papers, few review articles and granted patents along with copyrights materials. His articulation in bioinformatics subjects is remarkable and he is the ardent user of artificial intelligence and machine learning in health-related platform.

Jyothi U Menon received her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Texas (UT) Arlington and UT Southwestern Medical Center joint program. She completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Oxford, UK. She is currently an Associate Professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island where her research focus is on targeted drug delivery systems to treat lung and liver diseases, and in vitro disease modeling.

Macha has six years of experience in research and teaching in the area of biomaterials synthesis and characterisations, drug delivery devices, cell culture and bacterial biofilm. He is also Associate Editor of the Journal of The Australian Ceramic Society and has published more than 14 articles and 6 book chapters.