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Curriculum Vitae

Md Meraj Anjum

Research Scholar

Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi-221005, India

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To build career in a leading organization with committed and dedicated people, which will help me to explore fully and realize my potential. To work as a key player in challenging and creative environment. To work conscientiously and to remain committed in carrying out the assigned task enthusiastically. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi

(Registered on July 2015) under supervision of Prof. Sanjay Singh and co-supervision of Dr. Ashish Kumar Agrawal. (Thesis Submitted)

Master of Pharmacy (M. Pharm.): Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow (Session 2012- 2014, Marks: 76.8%).

Bachelor of Pharmacy (B. Pharm.): Integral University, Lucknow (Session 2008-2012, Marks: 77.15%).

Pharmaceutics, Formulation development, Drug delivery, Biofilm therapy.

Nanomedicine. Skin photoaging therapy

Anjum, M. M., Patel, K. K., Pandey, N., Tilak, R., Agrawal, A. K., & Singh, S. (2019). Development of Anacardic Acid/hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex with enhanced solubility and antimicrobial activity. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 296, 112085. (Impact Factor: 5.065) Anjum M.M., Patel KK, Dehari D, Pandey N, Tilak R, Agrawal AK, Singh S. (2020) Anacardic acid encapsulated solid lipid nanoparticles for Staphylococcus aureus biofilm therapy: chitosan and DNase coating improves antimicrobial activity. Drug Delivery and Translational Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13346-020-00795-4 (Impact Factor: 2.664) Patel, K. K., Surekha, D. B., Tripathi, M., Anjum, M. M., Muthu, M. S., Tilak, R., Singh, S. (2019). Antibiofilm Potential of Silver Sulfadiazine-Loaded Nanoparticle Formulations: A Study on the Effect of DNase-I on Microbial Biofilm and Wound Healing Activity. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 16(9), 3916-3925. (Impact Factor: 4.396)

Patel, K. K., Tripathi, M., Pandey, N., Agrawal, A. K., Gade, S., Anjum, M. M., Singh, S. (2019). Alginate lyase immobilized chitosan nanoparticles of ciprofloxacin for the improved Objectives

Education

Publications

Research Interest

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antimicrobial activity against the biofilm associated mucoid P. aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 563, 30-42. (Impact Factor: 4.213) Anjum M.M., Kanoujia, J., Parashar, P., Arya, M., K. Yadav, A., & A. Saraf, S. (2016). Evaluation of a Polymer-Lipid-Polymer System Utilising Hybrid Nanoparticles of Dapsone as a Novel Antiacne Agent. Current Drug Therapy, 11(2), 86-100.

Gade, S., Patel, K. K., Gupta, C., Anjum, M. M., Deepika, D., Agrawal, A. K., & Singh, S. (2019). An Ex Vivo Evaluation of Moxifloxacin Nanostructured Lipid Carrier Enriched In Situ Gel for Transcorneal Permeation on Goat Cornea. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 108(9), 2905- 2916. (Impact Factor: 3.197)

Patel, K. K., Agrawal, A. K., Anjum, M. M., Tripathi, M., Pandey, N., Bhattacharya, S., Singh, S.

(2019). DNase-I functionalization of ciprofloxacin-loaded chitosan nanoparticles overcomes the biofilm-mediated resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Applied Nanoscience, 10(2), 563-575.

(Impact Factor: 3.198)

Patel, K. K., Gade, S., Anjum, M. M., Singh, S. K., Maiti, P., Agrawal, A. K., & Singh, S. (2019). Effect of penetration enhancers and amorphization on transdermal permeation flux of raloxifene- encapsulated solid lipid nanoparticles: an ex vivo study on human skin. Applied Nanoscience, 9(6), 1383-1394. (Impact Factor: 3.198)

Gupta, R., Agrawal, A., Meraj Anjum, M., Dwivedi, H., M. Kymonil, K., & A. Saraf, S. (2014). Lipid Nanoformulations for Oral Delivery of Bioactives: An Overview. Current Drug Therapy, 9(1), 35-46.

Emerging Trends in Drug Discovery and Development (2018), Development and Evaluation of Anacardic Acid/ Hydroxy propyl-β-cyclodextrin inclusion complex. Indian Institute of Technology

(Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India.

Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC-2016), Extraction, Isolation and Characterization of Anacardic Aicd: A Potential Bioactive, Andhra University, Vishakhapatnam.

International Conference on Scientific Frontiers in Natural Product-Based Drugs (2017), Development and Evaluation of Anacardic Acid Encapsulated Solid Lipid Nanoparticles, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

International Conference on Pharmaceutical Sciences (2014), Formulation and Characterization of Diclofenac loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carrier (NLC) based Topical Gel and Establishment of its Efficacy against Conventional Topical Gel, Shri Guru Ram Rai Institute of Technology and Science, Dehradun, India.

International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICNN-2013), Development of Dapsone loaded Hybrid Nanoparticles for Acne Therapy, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India.

Small Molecule Analysis by NMR Spectroscopy & Mass Spectroscopy (2016) organized by Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility (SAIF), Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, India.

Placement and Employment Prospects in Indian Patent Offices and Hands-on Training for Patenting the Research Work (2013) organized by Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India.

Workshops

Conferences/Seminars

3

Junior Research Fellow (JRF) from 20.02.2015 to 19.02.2017 in a DST project entitled

“Development and Evaluation of Nanocarrier for Enhanced Activity of Anacardic Acid against Human and Plant Pathogens.”

Senior Research Fellow (SRF) from 20.02.2017 to 04.06.2018 in a DST project entitled

“Development and Evaluation of Nanocarrier for Enhanced Activity of Anacardic Acid against Human and Plant Pathogens.”

Senior Research Fellow (SRF) from 05.06.2018 to present in the project entitled “Evaluation of protective and Therapeutic potential of Anacardic Acid Encapsulated 2-HP-β-Cyclodextrin Nanosponge against UV-B induced photoaging.”

Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) (2018) from Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, in the project entitled “Evaluation of protective and Therapeutic potential of Anacardic Acid Encapsulated 2-HP-β-Cyclodextrin Nanosponge against UV-B induced photoaging.”

Volunteered in National Service Scheme, University of Lucknow from 17.03.2010 to 23.03.2010

Volunteered in organizing Golden Jubilee Conference of Indian Hospital Pharmacists Association

(IHPA) organized by IHPA in association with Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow.

Participated in various academic and extracurricular activities assigned by the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, I.I.T-B.H.U, Varanasi.

Formulation development, nanomedicine, drug delivery

Proficient in writing research proposals, grants and manuscripts.

Softwares: Design Expert, Graph Pad Prism, Empower, Desla Nano UI software, Origin Pro, MS Office, ZEN Lite, Image J etc.

Instruments Handled: Particle size and zeta potential analyzer (Beckman coulter), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) (Waters), Cooling Ultracentrifuge (Beckman Coulter) (100,000 rpm), Rotary Evaporator (IKA), UV-Visible spectrophotometer, Water Purification system etc.

Familiar with other relevant instruments like CLSM, NMR, FT-IR, XRD and DSC etc. Activities

Skills and Software Proficiency

Award

Research Experience

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Prof. Sanjay Singh

Vice-Chancellor,

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University

(A Central University)

Raebareli Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Former Head,

Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering &

Technology, Indian Institute of Technology

(Banaras Hindu University),

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

Email: adkght@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: +91-941*******

Dr. Ashish Kumar Agrawal

Assistant Professor,

Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering &

Technology, Indian Institute of Technology

(Banaras Hindu University),

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

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Mobile: +91-637*******

Prof. Shubhini Saraf

Professor & Head,

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University

(A Central University), Raebareli Road, Lucknow,

Uttar Pradesh

Email: adkght@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: +91-941*******

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