Principal Investigator

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

Dr Naveen Rajana, PhD
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Doctor of Philosophy: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) - Hyderabad,  India, 2024. 
Master of Pharmacy: Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India, 2018 
Bachelor Pharmacy: Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University, Kakinada, India 2015
Research Interests:
  • Fabrication and evaluation of Hybrid, lipid, polymeric, and inorganic nanocarriers for the management of cancers
  • Conjugation and Nanotechnology
  • In-vitro cell culture studies
  • Nanocarriers morphological studies using electron microscopy
  • Design of experiments
  • Drugs repurposing
  • In-vivo pharmacokinetic, biodistribution, and toxicological studies
Publications:
  • Rajana N, Chary PS, Bhavana V, Deshmukh R, Dukka K, Sharma A, Mehra NK. Targeted delivery and apoptosis induction of CDK-4/6 inhibitor loaded folic acid decorated lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles in breast cancer cells. International Journal ofPharmaceutics. 2024;651:123787. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.123787.
  • Rajana N, Pooja YS, Bhavana V, Chary PS, Dukka K, Deshmukh R, Mehra NK. Design of experiment‐oriented development and validation of novel bioanalytical reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography method of palbociclib in rat plasma and tissues, and its application in pharmacokinetic studies. Biomedical Chromatography. 2024;38(4):e5815. DOI: 10.1002/bmc.5815
  • Rajana N, Chary PS, Pooja YS, Bhavana V, Singh H, Guru SK, Singh SB, Mehra NK. Quality by design approach-basedfabrication and evaluation of self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system for improved delivery of venetoclax. Drug Delivery and Translational Research. 2024;14(5):1277-300. DOI: 10.1007/s13346-023-01462-0.

Graduate Students

Mural Quadros, MPharm
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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, MPharm
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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, MPharm
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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, BPharm
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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

Ryan Li
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​Hi, my name is Ryan, and I am currently a pharmacy student at St. John’s University. With a passion for learning new things, I am eager to use this opportunity and the knowledge I gain to advance in pharmaceutical profession.

Alumni

Dr Rinki Verma, Ph.D.
Visiting Research Scholar: 2024

Mimansa Goyal, Ph.D.
Doctoral Student: 2020-2024

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: Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb

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: Scientist Regeneron, NY, 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: Scientist Regeneron, NY, USA

Student Training

Name

Jack VanDeusen​
Julia Salatti
Xizhen
Avery Wang
Kevin Chen
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

Summer 2024
Summer 2024
Summer 2024
Summer 2024
Summer 2024
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

Binghamton University (Biochemistry Major)
Cornell University ( Biological engineering Senior)
Bronx High school (High school Junior) 
Winston Churchill High School (High school Sophomore)
Winston Churchill High School (High school Sophomore)
​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)