Drug Delivery Using Nanomaterials (ePub)

Dr. Abid Mehmood Yousaf is presently working as an Assistant Professor of Pharmacy at Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore campus. Before this, he has also worked for more than two years at the same position in the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Central Punjab, Lahore. He has earned his degree of Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm-D) from University of the Punjab in 2009. In 2011, he was enrolled in MS-PhD program at College of Pharmacy, Hanyang University, South Korea. He has performed his research in the Lab of Physical & Industrial Pharmacy under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Han-Gon Choi, a distinguished professor of Pharmacy in South Korea. He was awarded with the degree of PhD in Pharmacy in 2015. Dr. Abid has numerous publications in peer-reviewed SCI journals of pharmacy. He has presented his research work at several international conferences abroad. He vows to continue research in the same field and train young pharmacist researchers.

Dr. Talib Hussain has been working as Assistant Professor in Department of Pharmacy, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Lahore campus since 2018. Prior to join CUI, he served in Primary & Secondary Health Department Punjab as Deputy Drug Controller/ Provincial Drug Inspector. He obtained Pharmacy (2006) and M. Phil (2009) degrees from Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan. He received his PhD in Pharmacy from University of Huddersfield, UK in 2014. Primary research work of his PhD was based on formulation development of poorly soluble drugs through bespoke Microwave technique. Moreover, isothermal titration calorimetry was employed to investigate the drug-excipient compatibility. Over the years, he has developed active collaborations and expertise in the field of drug delivery such as solid dispersions, nano-particles, micro-emulsions, liposomes, hydrogels for oral as well as for topical drug delivery systems. He has published more than 40 articles in the form of original research, reviews and book chapters.