Bioinspired and Biomimetic Materials for Drug Delivery

Dr. Md Nurunnabi is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the School of Pharmacy and Adjunct faculty in Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Science & Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso. Over the past decade, he received training in biomaterials, nanotechnology, and drug delivery. He received Bachelor in Pharmacy from UODA, and MS and PhD in Bioengineering and from the Korea National University of Transportation. Prior to starting his postdoctoral training at Harvard University in 2016, he has completed a short postdoctoral training at the Chungnam National University. In addition to his academic research, he has been involved in industrial research. He was co-founder and chief scientist at the KB BioMed Inc. (Currently Scientific Advisory Board), and an Associate Scientist in Chunbo Corporation Ltd, in South Korea. Dr. Nurunnabi has published over 50 peer-reviewed papers and edited two books and holds 10 issued/pending patents. Currently, he serves on the editorial advisory board of ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering since and as Vice Chair of Controlled Release Society’s Bioinspired and Biomimetic Delivery focus group. He served as Secretary of Postdoc Association at Harvard Medical School (2016-2017) and President of Postdoc Association Massachusetts General Hospital (2017-2018) among various leadership roles.

1. Importance and prospects of bioinspired and biomimetic materials for drug delivery 2. Microorganism-mediated drug delivery 3. Plant-derived polyphenol-based nanomaterials for drug delivery and theranostics 4. Bioinspired smart nanohybrids for stimuli responsive drug delivery 5. Conjugated biomimetic nanohybrids as smart drug delivery systems 6. Bioinspired and biomimetic materials for oral drug delivery 7. Bile acid transporter as a bioinspired method for oral drug delivery 8. Bio inspired materials for nonviral vaccine delivery 9. Bile acid-inspired oral small molecules drug delivery 10. Mucoadhesive polymer for M-cell targeting as oral vaccine delivery vehicle 11. Ionic solvents for transdermal drug delivery 12. Exosome-mediated bioinspired drug delivery 13. Bioengineering approach for pulmonary drug delivery 14. Clinical status of bioinspired and biomimetic materials 15. 3D printing: Bioinspired materials for drug delivery