Sonia Gera

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Mobile No: +358********, +353*********

Skype ID: sonia.gera060

Current Address: ** ******* ** ******, ******* Road, Galway https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sonia_Gera

RESEARCH INTEREST:

Drug delivery, Conventional and Nano-formulation, Pharmacokinetics, Biomaterials, Tissue engineering and Medical devices

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES :

PhD Research scholar – August 2014 – June 2018

Institutes : National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500037, India

PhD Project : Formulation & Evaluation of Nanosuspension of Selected drugs for Treatment of Osteoporosis. Supervisor: Dr. Sunitha sampathi, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Balanagar, Hyderabad - 500037, India

Assistant Professor – Sept 2013- June 2014

Employer : Swift School of Pharmacy, NH-I, Ambala Rajpura Highway, Tehsil Rajpura, Distt. Patiala affiliated to Punjab Technical University (PTU), Punjab, India

Duties: Taught Pharmaceutical Technology, Novel drug delivery systems, Biopharmaceutics and pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence &Ethics, Pharmaceutics-IV (Unit operation II) Pharmaceutical Jurisprudence &Ethics to B.Pharm and M.Pharm student. ACADEMIC DETAILS

M.Pharm: Pharmaceutics – July 2011 – June 2013

Institute: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala. Project: Glipizide Microemulsions: Formulation Development and In vitro characterisation Grade : First Class (77.8%)

B.Pharm: Bachelor in Pharmaceutical Sciences – June 2007 - 2011 Institute: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala. Grade: First Class (74.24%)

AWARDS/FELLOWSHIP

Awarded scholarship from AICTE, New Delhi, Govt. of India, during M.Pharm (Pharmaceutics) study. (July 2011-June 2013).

Qualified Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT–2011 category: Pharmaceutical Sciences) conducted by the Human Resources Development Ministry, Govt. of India

M. Pharmacy (77.8% First division with Distinction, Distinction in Advanced Molecular biology and Biotechnology, Biopharmaceutics and Advanced Pharmacokinetics).

B.Pharmacy (74.24% with Distinction in Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Chemistry lab)

Registered pharmacist with the Punjab State Pharmacy Council under Section 32(2) Reg.no.35849 ORAL/POSTER PRESENTATION/ CONFERENCES

Awarded as best poster 3rd National Symposium on Current Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences -2017 conducted by BITS PILANI Hyderabad India on October 28, 2017.

Awarded as best innovation presentation in 3rd international conference on Nanoscience and nanotechnology ICONN 2015 conducted by SRM University Chennai India 4-6th Feb, 2015.

National conference on innovative processes for bulk drugs at NIPER Hyderabad, March 26-27, 2015.

66th IPC at HITEX, Hyderabad from 23rd to 25 th Janurary 2015.

Poster presentation at “International conference on drug resistance, development, pharmaceutical technology and outcomes (DRDPTO-2014), held at Chitkara university 11-12 April, 2014.

UGC sponsored national seminar on emerging paradigms in pharmaceutical sciences organized by on 26th march 2014.

Poster presentation in pharma fest “Pharmac” by Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University and awarded as second best poster.

National conference on innovations in drug discovery and research” organized by Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi university on 3-5 march, 2009.

National seminar on “Advances in drug delivery systems and clinical research methodologies” at Chitkara College of pharmacy on 26-27 November, 2012.

RESEARCH PAPERS

Gera, S., Talluri, S., Rangaraj, N., & Sampathi, S. (2017). Formulation and Evaluation of Naringenin Nanosuspensions for Bioavailability Enhancement. AAPS PharmSciTech, 18(8), 3151-3162.(Impact factor- 2.451).

Gera, S., Sampathi, S., & Dodoala, S. (2017). Role of nanoparticles in drug delivery and regenerative therapy for bone diseases. Current drug delivery, 14(7), 904-916.(Impact Factor -2.516).

The Antioxidant and Proliferative effect of Naringenin Nanosuspensions on Osteoblasts and in vivo Antiosteoporotic activity in Ovariectomised Rat Model (manuscript under revision).

Formulation and Evaluation of Rutin nanocrystals for antiosteoporotic activity: in vitro effect on osteoblast MG-63 cell lines and in vivo evaluation in ovariectomised rat model (Manuscript under preparation).

Sampathi, S., Achanta, R., Tiriya, P., Gera, S., Reddy, P. S., & Talla, V. (2016). Formulation and evaluation of carvedilol loaded lactide nanoparticles: an appraisal to anti-hypertensive and anti-inflammatory therapy. Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine, 8(7), 503-514.

Sunitha S, Adinarayana K, Pankaj T, Sravanthi Reddy P, Sonia G, Nagarjun R, Veerabhadra Swamy C and Sujatha D Fabrication of Surgical Sutures Coated with Curcumin Loaded Gold Nanoparticles Pharm Anal Acta 2017, 8: 529.

Meshram, S. M., Kumar, Y. V., Dodoala, S., Sampathi, S., & Gera, S. (2015). Biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles for delivery of combination of antiretroviral drugs. Int J ChemTech Res, 7(2), 716-724.

Gera Sonia, Cheruvu Srikanth, Zakkula Ashok, Sampathi Sunitha(2016). Synthesis and evaluation of olmesartan medoxomil complex with SBE7 b-CD for enhanced dissolution and bioavailability. Int J Pharm Pharm Sci,8,1.

Ajmeera Thirupati, Gera Sonia, Reddy Pailla Sravanthi, A Mallika, DodoalaSujatha and Sampathi Sunitha Enhancement of dissolution and bioavailability of poorly soluble Telmisartan:Designing modified cyclodextrin inclusion complexes. JOCPR, 2015, 7(10):164-174. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Practical handling of antiosteoporotic rat model, Bioavailability study, biochemical parameters (calcium, phosphorus, total proteins, ALP, ACP and OCN in serum and calcium, phosphorus in urine), bone analysis and histopathological analysis.

Perfomed cell culture experiment on osteoblastic cell line MG-63 and ELISA assay.

Experience of handling and working with equipments, UV visible spectrophotometer, HPLC, DLS, Freez Dryer, Franz diffusion cell apparatus, Brookfield rotational Viscometer, ATR-FTIR, Sonicator, Spectrofluorometer, Refractometer, Conductivity meter during post graduation research work.

Experience of working with Mechanical sieve shaker, Ball mill, Disintegration apparatus USP, Dissolution apparatus USP, Friabilator, Monsanto tester, Steam Distillation apparatus, Simple tablet punching machine, Autoclave, Laminar flow at graduation level.

Acquaintance with most of the experimental techniques like analytical weighing, pH determination, centrifugation, incubation, sterilization, filtration, aseptic techniques and homogenization. COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

Scientific data and Patent searching using databases such as Sci Finder, Science direct, Pubmed etc.

Good knowledge of application softwares viz., Microsoft office, Coral draw, chem draw, Sigma plot and PCP triangular softwares.

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Declamation held at University Campus by National Service Scheme on August 30,2007

Member in organizing committee for pharmac conducted by Pharma Department Punjabi University, Patiala

Participated in debate and poster presentation at the pharma Department Punjabi University, Patiala.

Essay writing winner as vishesh and handwriting competitions at senior secondary level.

Second position in zonal game at matriculation level. REFERENCES

Dr. S. Sunitha, PhD

Assistant professor,

Department of Pharmaceutics

NIPER Hyderabad-500037, India

Phone no. +91-949*******

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Dr. A. K. Tiwary, PhD

Professor (former Head of Department),

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Phone no. +91-941*******

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