Simerdeep Singh Gupta

Simerdeep Singh GuptaSimerdeep Singh Gupta
Doctoral Graduate Student 

Contact Information
simerdeepsingh.gupta07@stjohns.edu
simerdeepsingh.gupta@gmail.com

Educational Background

  • Bachelor in Pharmacy, Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, Mumbai University. (2002-2006)
  • Master’s in Industrial Pharmacy, St. John’s University, New York 11439. (Fall 2007- Spring 2010)
  • PhD in Industrial Pharmacy, St. John’s University, New York 11439. (August 2010-Present)

Research Interests and Projects

  • Solubilization
  • Hot Melt Extrusion
  • Co-crystals
  • Supercritical Fluid Technology
  • Nanotechnology for Drug Delivery
  • Brain Targeting of Hydrophilic Drugs
  • “Development of a novel process to prepare pegylated polymeric nanoparticles loaded with a hydrophilic drug by nanoprecipitation of sprayed polymeric solution.” (Master’s research)

Honors and Awards

  • Won Modified Release Focus Group-Schering Plough travelship award at AAPS conference LA,2009

Publications and Presentations

  • Shikhar, A., Gupta, S. S., Bommana, M. M., & Squillante, E. (2011). Formulation Development of Carbamazepine-Nicotinamide Co-crystals Complexed with γ-Cyclodextrin using Supercritical Fluid Process. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids , 1070-1078.

Posters accepted for presentation at AAPS 2009, Los Angeles:

  •  “Development and screening of a process to prepare pegylated polymeric nanoparticles loaded with sulpiride involving nanoprecipitation of sprayed polymeric solution”, ID: AM-09-01883
  • “Pharmacodynamic evaluation of sulpiride nanoparticles: in vivo brain microdialysis study”, Abstract 2252
  • A study of morphology, stability and complexation efficiency of co-crystalline guest and gamma-cyclodextrin (CD) inclusion complexes”, Abstract AM-09-02421 

Posters accepted for presentation at AAPS 2008 Atlanta:

  • “Development, screening and scale up of a novel process to prepare pegylated polymeric nanoparticles loaded with tacrine hydrochloride involving nanoprecipitation of sprayed polymeric solution”, ID: AM-08-02994.
  • “Comparative study of supercritical fluid process and novel solvent spray nanoprecipitation technique to prepare pegylated polymeric nanoparticles loaded with a hydrophilic drug”, ID: AM-08-02962.
  • “Performance characteristics of Carbamazepine-Nicotinamide (CBZ-NCT) solid dispersion complexed with γ-cyclodextrins (CD) using Supercritical fluid processes: Formulation development.” 

Accepted to give a presentation at Indian Pharmaceutical Congress, (IPC) Hyderabad, 2005. 

  • “Effect of implementation of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on infrastructure of Indian pharmaceutical industry”.