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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Low-temperature solvent-based 3D printing of PLGA: a parametric printability study [Epub ahead of print]
- Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 2020
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Diatoms embedded, self-assembled carriers for dual delivery of chemotherapeutics in cancer cell lines
- International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2020
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Hydrophilic and salt responsive polymers promote depletion aggregation of bacteria
- European Polymer Journal, 2019
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Water recycling efficacies of extremely hygroscopic, antifouling hydrogels
- RSC Advances, 2018
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Polymeric composites with embedded nanocrystalline cellulose for the removal of iron(II) from contaminated water
- Polymers, 2018
Research Classification
- no classification
Research Interests
- Peptide and polymer synthesis
- Bioconjugation techniques
- Cell culture techniques
- Gene and drug delivery approaches in mouse models
Current Scholars in Chemistry
