Biopolymer-Based Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications

Edited by:   Hriday Bera (Post-doctoral Fellow/International Young Scientist Shenyang Pharmaceutical University Shenyang Liaoning China), Chowdhury Mobaswar Hossain (Professor & Head, Department of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, India), Sudipta Saha (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, India)
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 191mm, 
Weight:   1.290kg
ISBN:   9780128208748
ISBN 10:   0128208740
Pages:   628
Publication Date:   14 January 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Dr. Hriday Bera completed his Masters study at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India and Ph.D at National University of Singapore, Singapore. He is presently working as Post-doctoral Fellow at Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, China and Nano Medical Engineering Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Japan. The major focus of his current research is the conceptual design, fabrication and evaluation of chemically modified naturally-occurring polymer based systems intended for drug delivery and other biomedical applications. As a part of his research career, he published 36 peer-reviewed articles (including 23 first-author articles) in various international journals of repute with a total SCI citation of 546, h-index of 15 and i10-index of 20. Moreover, he penned 20 book chapters for various international publishers. Furthermore, as a principal investigator, he has received highly competitive research grants from AICTE, Govt. of India; Ministry of Higher Education, Govt. of Malaysia; National Natural Science Foundation, China and Tekada Science Foundation, Japan. Dr. Chowdhury Mobaswar Hossain, completed his B.Pharm from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. He is a recipient of University Gold Medal in M.Pharm programme. He did his Ph.D. Degree in Pharmacology from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. Currently he is a Professor & HoD, Department of Pharm.Tech, MAKAUT, WB, India. He is a recipient of most prestigious DST-Inspire Fellowship from DST, Govt. of India. Dr. Hossain is a former Postdoctoral Fellow in School of Medicine, University of Florida, USA. He has expertise on drug discovery research on Infectious Diseases, diabetes and liver cancer. Currently he is working on Peptidomeimetics against infectious diseases. He has published number of research papers in peer reviewed journals of International repute. He is an associate editor for a couple of international journals and contributed as a co-author of several books and book chapters on relevant topics. He is a recipient of “Teacher of the Year-2017” award by MAKAUT, WB for outstanding performance in Teaching-Learning and Research. He has delivered number of invited talks in national and international conferences in India and USA. He is also a reviewer of many journals of international repute. He has guided 18 PG students and supervising 04 Ph.D. students. Dr. Hossain is a member of several prestigious organizations such as American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), American Association of Microbiology (ASM), American Association of Immunologists (AAI) and American Medical Writer’s Association (AMWA), APTI and IPA. Dr. Sudipta Saha completed Bachelor and Master Studies in Pharmacy from Jadavpur University, India. He completed his Ph.D. from National University of Singapore and did his post doctoral training from Experimental Therapeutic Center, Astar, Singapore. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in Department of Phrmaceutical Sciences, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India. His research interest is to explore molecular basis of hepatic and colorectal cancer. As a part of the research carrier, he published 64 peer reviewed articles in various international journals, with total citation of 825, h-index of 16, i10-index of 29. Furthermore, he wrote several book chapters and had three patents. In addition, he received various research grants such as UGC-Start Up grant, UGC-MRP and DST-SERB-MRP etc. He supervised more than 23 Master of pharmacy and 5 Ph.D. students.