Autor: Sai H S. Boddu

Ajit Narang earned his Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee in Memphis, his Masters in Pharmaceutics from the Banaras Hindu University in India, and his Bachelors in Pharmaceutical sciences from the University of Delhi in India. He has over 13 years of pharmaceutical industry experience and is currently a Principal Scientist for the Drug Product Science & Technology Department of Bristol-Myers Squibb, Co. (BMS) in New Brunswick, NJ. He also serves as Adjunct Faculty at the Universities of Tennessee and Phoenix, Industrial Advisory Board member of Western Michigan University, Editor of Bentham Pharmaceutical Journal, and as a panel member of the Biopharmaceutics Technical Committee (BTC) of the Pharmaceutical Quality Research Institute (PQRI) in Arlington, VA. Ajit is also a long standing AAPS member and has served the AAPS in many different capacities. He has published over 40 peer reviewed articles, 2 books, 7 patent applications, 20 invited talks, and 60 presentations at various scientific meetings. Sai HS. Boddu, Ph.D, is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics at The University of Toledo (UT). Prior to joining UT, he received his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). His research areas include Drug Delivery, Bioanalysis and Pharmacokinetics. He was the recipient of the prestigious UMKC-Chancellor’s Doctoral Fellowship Award for the years 2008-2010. He has been named as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Honor Recipient for the Fall of 2010. With more than twelve years of experience in drug delivery, he has authored and co-authored many scientific papers, book chapters and patents in the areas of pre-formulation, formulation development, nanotechnology and bioanalysis. He served as a Steering Committee member of the AAPS Excipient Focus Group from 2010-2012.