Dr. Deep Pooja is an Assistant Professor in the School of Pharmacy at National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar. She has worked as CSIR-Senior Research Fellow at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology and received her Ph.D. degree from Osmania University, Hyderabad. Her research interests are focused on the development of nanotechnology-based drug delivery systems. She has more than 65 peer-reviewed international publications. These publications include research articles, reviews, and book chapters. Dr. Pooja has been awarded several awards and fellowships including an Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship by the Department of Education, Australian Government. She has delivered numerous oral and poster presentations at international meetings.
Dr. Hitesh Kulhari is an Assistant Professor at the School of Nano Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. Previously, he worked as Associate Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology (Formulations) at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Guwahati. Dr. Kulhari received his PhD degree from RMIT University, Melbourne, in Nanomedicines. His research focus is on the Designing of Targeted Drug Delivery Systems and Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology. He has published 70 journal publications in peer-reviewed international journals, 15 book chapters and edited 01 book on Pharmaceutical Applications of Dendrimers. Dr. Kulhari is the recipient of several awards and research grants including Prof CNR Rao Research Excellence Award in Material Science in 2014, INSPIRE Faculty Award from DST, New Delhi in 2015, and Appreciation Award from Cancer Research Foundation, India in 2020. He has more than 13 years of teaching and research experience in Pharmaceutical Technology and Nanotechnology.