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M. N. V. Ravi Kumar
PhD, FRSC

Ravi Kumar did his PhD in drug delivery from IIT Roorkee, India in 2000. He was a post doctoral fellow in University of Kentucky, USA from 2000-2002 and consecutively an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow in Saarland University for one year. From Sep 2003- Dec 2007 he was assistant professor with NIPER, Mohali, India. Since January 2008 he is professor of drug delivery at the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS), University of Strathclyde.

Email:

mnvrkumar@strath.ac.uk

mnvrkumar@gmail.com

Contact Address :

Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences,
University of Strathclyde. Glasgow G4 0NR, UK.

Awards / Scholarships / Other Recognition

2008 Tom Gibson Memorial Award from the British Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow.
2007 Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Medal for Young Scientist
2002 Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Germany

Education

PhD (Drug delivery, Nov 26, 2000), Indian Institute of Technology (Formerly, University of) Roorkee, India
MSc (1996), Devi Ahilya Vishwa Vidyalaya, Indore
BSc (1992), Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh

Patents

M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, D. D. Ankola, V. Bhoomi, V. Bhardwaj and P. Ramarao, Nanoparticulate formulation of Coenzyme Q10. 18/Del/2006
M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, N. Kashyap, V. Bhoomi, V. Bhardwaj, P. Ramarao and N. Kumar, Design of glucose sensitive in situ gelling system based on chitosan for pulsatile delivery of insulin. 36/del/2006
M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, D. Venkat Ratnam, Kiran Sonaje, V. Bhoomi, V. Bhardwaj and P. Ramarao, Nano-co-encapsulated antioxidant particles (NanoCAPs). 1691/del/2006
M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, J. L. Italia, D. Bhatt , V. Bhardwaj and K. B. Tikoo, Nanoparticles containing cyclosporine. 1690/del/2006
M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, V. Bhardwaj and D. D. Ankola, Polymeric nanoparticles of paclitaxel for treatment of cancers. 2636/del/2006

Publications ~75

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D. D. Ankola, E. W. Durbin, G. A. Buxton, J. Schäfer, U. Bakowsky and M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Preparation, characterization and in silico modeling of biodegradable nanoparticles containing Cyclosporine A and Coenzyme Q10, Nanotechnology (In Press)
V Bhardwaj, D D Ankola, S C Gupta, M Schneider, C.-M Lehr, M. N. V. Ravi Kumar. PLGA nanoparticles stabilized with cationic surfactant: Safety studies and application in oral delivery of paclitaxel to treat chemical induced breast cancer in rat. Pharmaceutical Research 26 (2009) 2495-2503.
D. D. Ankola, M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, F Chiellini and R Solaro Multiblock Copolymers of Lactic Acid and Ethylene Glycol Containing Periodic Side–Chain Carboxyl Groups: Synthesis, Characterization and Nanoparticle Preparation. Macromolecules 42 (2009) 7388-7395.
D. Venkat Ratnam, G. Chandraiah, A. K. Meena, P. Rama Rao, M. N. V. Ravi Kumar. The co-encapsulated antioxidant nanoparticles of ellagic acid and coenzyme Q10 ameliorate hyperlipidemia in high fat diet fed rats. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 9 (2009) 6741-6746
G. Mittal and M. N. V. Ravi Kumar, Impact of polymeric nanoparticles on oral pharmacokinetics: A dose-dependent case study with estradiol. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 98 (2009) 3730-3734.

Presentations ~50

Professional Activities

Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Member, Editorial board, Recent Patents on Material Sciences
Member, Editorial board, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology
Member, Editorial board, The Open drug delivery Journal
Member, Editorial board, The Open Nanomedicine Journal
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering Invited

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Two Days Conference on Nanotechnology in Advanced Drug Delivery...

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