Simerdeep
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”.