Biography
Assistant Professor
MSc (Laurentian), PhD (Alberta)
Marya Ahmed acquired her Ph.D from University of Alberta, Canada in Chemical Engineering, with expertise in synthesis of polymeric vectors for gene delivery. She worked as post doctoral fellow, in the department of Chemical Engineering at California Institute of Technology (Caltech.), and gained valuable experience of working with antibody targeted gene delivery vectors for in vivo applications. She moved back to Canada in 2014 and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at University of Toronto, where she was introduced to the field of peptide synthesis, and peptide drug conjugates. Peptide conjugates were evaluated for their mitochondrial targeting and drug delivery efficacies. Her current research focuses on synthesis of peptide-polymer 'hybrids', peptide nanoparticles and study of their in vitro and in vivo drug delivery efficacies.
Recent Publications
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Polymeric composites with embedded nanocrystalline cellulose for the removal of iron(II) from contaminated water
- Polymers, 2018
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Water recycling efficacies of extremely hygroscopic, antifouling hydrogels
- RSC Advances, 2018
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Peptides, polypeptides and peptide–polymer hybrids as nucleic acid carriers
- Biomater. Sci., 2017
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Biochemical assays used for in vitro and in vivo gene therapy
- Polymers and nanomaterials for gene therapy, 2016
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Peptide-mediated delivery of chemical probes and therapeutics to mitochondria
- Accounts of Chemical Research, 2016
Research Classification
- No classification given
Research Interests
- Peptide and polymer synthesis
- Bioconjugation techniques
- Cell culture techniques
- Gene and drug delivery approaches in mouse models
Current Scholars in Chemistry
Current Scholars in Engineering
