Principal Investigator

​Dr. Vivek Gupta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
St. John's University
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Visiting Scholar

Rinki Verma, Ph.D.
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Postdoc: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Stanford. 2024
Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutics : School of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-(BHU), Varanasi, India. 2023
B.Pharma & M.Pharma Integrated Dual Degree: Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India. 2017
Research Interests:
  • Formulation development and characterization of biocompatible polymeric nanocarriers, fluorescent-based nanoparticles, and Metallic nanoparticles.
  • Optimization and design of Experiments.
  • Drug delivery system; Oral, intravenous, and intra-nasal 
  • Induction of tumor (different animal model).
  • In Vivo animal models (rat & mice): Breast cancer, lung cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Publications:
  1. Rinki Verma, and Manoj Kumar. "Development and Optimization of Methotrexate. Encapsulated Polymeric Nanocarrier by Ionic Gelation Method and its Evaluations” ChemistrySelect 7.48 (2022): e202203698 (IF=2.3) https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202203698
  2. ​Rinki Verma, Varsha Rani, and Manoj Kumar. "In-vivo anticancer efficacy of self-targeted methotrexate-loaded polymeric nanoparticles in solid tumor-bearing rat." International Immunopharmacology 119 (2023): 110147 (IF=5.7) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intimp.2023.110147
  3. Rinki Verma, Virendra Singh, Biplob Koch, Manoj Kumar “Evaluation of Methotrexate. Encapsulated Polymeric Nanocarrier for Breast Cancer Treatment.” Colloids and Surface B: Biointerface 2023 (IF= 5.99) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfb.2023.113308

Graduate Students

Mimansa Goyal, MS
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Masters in Biotechnology: St. John's University, NY, USA  (May 2020)
Bachelors in Biotechnology: Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, India (May 2018)
Research Interests:
  • Peptide synthesis 
  • Design of experiments (DoE)
  • Fabrication of drug delivery systems
  • Cell culture studies
  • Ultra-performance liquid chromatography
  • Gel electrophoresis and SDS PAGE
  • Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
  • Molecular Modeling
  • 3D Printing
  • Western Blotting​
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Mural Quadros, MS
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Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences: SVKM’s Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Pharmacy, Mumbai University, India (2020)
Bachelors in Pharmacy: MET Institute of Pharmacy, Mumbai University, India (2018)
Research Interests:
  • Nanotechnology
  • Formulation and characterization of lipid, polymeric and inorganic drug delivery systems
  • In-vitro cell culture assays and techniques
  • Drug repurposing​
  • Design of experiments
  • Cancer metastasis
  • In-vivo pharmacokinetic studies
  • High pressure homogenizer
Meghana Mokashi, MS
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Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences: University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, USA (Dec 2021)
Bachelors in Pharmacy: ​ All India Shivaji Memorial Society’s College of Pharmacy, India (May 2018)
Research interests:
  • HME and 3D printing
  • Preformulation and product development
  • Biotechnology Drug Delivery System
  • Development of novel drug delivery system
  • Pulmonary Drug Delivery
Zia Uddin Masum, MS
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Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Dhaka (2018)
Bachelors in Pharmacy: ​ Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Dhaka (May 2016)
Research interests:
  • Pre-Formulation and Formulation Development
  • Drug Product Development
  • Pulmonary Drug Development.
  • Liposomal Drug Delivery
  • Target Drug Delivery Systems
  • Nano Emulsion
  • In-Vitro Cell Culture Assays and Techniques
Sravani Ravula, MS
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Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, India (2014)
Bachelors in Pharmacy: ​Kakatiya University, India (May 2008)
Research interests:
  • Pre-Formulation and Formulation Development 
  • Drug Product Development 
  • Pulmonary Drug Development. 
  • Liposomal Drug Delivery 
  • Target Drug Delivery Systems 
  • Nano Emulsion 
  • Development of novel drug delivery system 
  • Biotechnology Drug Delivery System 
  • In-Vitro Cell Culture Assays and Techniques ​
Sanjana Durve, MS
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Masters in Pharmaceutical Sciences: University of Mississippi, USA (August 2020)
​Bachelors in Pharmacy: ​University of Mumbai, India (May 2017)
Research interests:
  • Formulation Development (Nanotechnology: Nano emulsion, NLC's , Liposomes, Nano-particles ) for Inhalation and Oral routes.
  • Optimization studies (DOE)
  • In- vitro cell culture studies targeting various cancers 
  • Formulation development using HME and 3 D printing
Suman Choudhary
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Bachelor of Pharmacy, Savitribai Phule Pune University, India (June 2022)
Research interests:
  • ​​Formulation, development, and characterization of liposomal drug delivery, nano-emulsion, lipid/polymeric nanoparticles.
  • Pulmonary drug delivery.
  • Design of experiments.
  • In vitro cell culture assay and techniques.
  • Drug repurposing.
  • High pressure homogenizer

Undergraduate students

Julia Salatti

Hi! My name is Julia Salatti and I am a rising senior at Cornell University majoring in biological engineering and minoring in Business. Starting next spring, I will be pursuing a Master's Degree in chemical engineering. I am very excited for the opportunity to conduct research with the Dr. Gupta laboratory this summer!

Jack VanDeusen​

Hello! My name is Jack VanDeusen and I am currently a biochemistry major and history minor at Binghamton University. With hopes to attend graduate school in the future, I look forward to learning everything I can while working in Dr. Gupta’s lab.

High school students

Kevin Chen

Hello! I am Kevin Chen, a Sophomore at Winston Churchill High School in Maryland. Science has always captivated me, and I dream of attending medical school in the future. I’ve only done a minimal amount of research work before, so I’m thrilled to work in Dr. Gupta’s laboratory to hone my skills and gain experience. 

Avery Wang

Hello! My name is Avery Wang and I'm currently a sophomore at Winston Churchill High School. The lab experience I will accumulate at Dr. Gupta's laboratory is invaluable and I'm very excited for the opportunity.

Xizhen

Hi! My name is Xizhen and I am a rising Junior at Bronx Science High School with an interest in pursuing medicine. I am thankful to be receiving mentorship and the opportunity to experiment with other experts in Dr. Gupta’s lab.

Alumni

Dnyandev Gadhave, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Research Scholar: 2022-2024

Mukti Vats, Ph.D.
Post Doctoral Research Scholar

Gautam Chauhan, Ph.D.
Doctoral Student: 2018-2023
Current Position: Scientist at Cipla

Xuechun (Lucy) Wang, Ph.D.
Doctoral student: 2017-2023
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at AbbVie

Carol Yousry, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
​Current Position: Assistant professor at Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University

Nishant Kulkarni, Ph.D.
Doctoral student: 2018 - 2021
Current Position: Senior Scientist, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Dr. Nikesh Gupta
​Postdoctoral Research Scholar 
Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, University of Iowa College of Pharamcy

Snehal K. Shukla, Ph.D.
Doctorate student: 2016 - 2021
Current Position: Senior scientist, Pfizer, Connecticut, USA.
Vineela Parvathaneni, Ph.D.
Doctorate student: 2016 - 2021
Current Position: Technical Advisor, Thermo Fisher Scientific, North Carolina, USA.

​Rasha Elbatanomy, Ph.D.
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar

Abdul Althaf Shaik, MS
Graduate student: 2016 - 2018
Current Position: Ph.D. Student, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, TX, USA

Md Rakib Uddin, MS
Graduate student: 2016 - 2018
Current Position: Science Tutor, ​Huntington Learning Center, Oradell, NJ, USA

Nishant S. Kulkarni, MS
Graduate Student: 2016 - 2018
​Current Position: Ph.D. student, St. John's University, NY, USA

Student Training

Name

Darien Moses
Lyndsay Mogland
Gauravi Tulysan
Alison Tacderas
Javeria Amir
Daya Biju
Javeria Amir
Prama Roy
Peter D. Tran
Riya Vinoy
Cristina Artis
Josephine Chen
Jack Shao
Ran Hur
Haden Kim
Amanda Chan
Veronica Nguyen
Rofadden Lazare
Shemanta Akanda
Angela Bernasconi
Yasameen Saleem

Years Active

2022-2024
2022-2024
2020- 2021
2021
2021-2022
2020
2019-2020
2019-2020
2019
2019
2019
2020
2018-2020
2017-2019
2018-2019
2018-2019
2018
2018

Affiliation

​St. John’s University (Biomedical Sciences)
​St. John’s University (Biomedical Sciences​)
​St. John’s University (3rd Year, PharmD)
​St. John’s University (2nd Year, Pharmacy.)
​St. John’s University (2nd Year, Biomed. Sci.)
St. John’s University (2nd Year, PharmD)
St. John’s University (2nd Year, PharmD)
St. John's University (2nd year, Biology)
Townsend Harris High School (Senior year)
Townsend Harris High School (Junior year)
St. John’s University (5th Year, PharmD)
St. John’s University (3rd Year, PharmD)
St. John's University (Graduated in May 2020)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Residency)
St. John’s University (3rd Year, Biology)
​St. John’s University (5th Year, PharmD)
​Long Island University
St. John’s University (5th Year, PharmD)