Aji R, Project Scientist

Aji R

Project Scientist

IIT, Delhi

Location
India - Delhi
Education
Doctorate, Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences
Experience
8 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :8 years, 0 Months

Project Scientist at IIT, Delhi
  • India - Delhi
  • My current job since September 2017

My work was mainly focused on designing biodegradable artificial skin formulations for second degree burn wounds. During this course of work, I have got experience in cell culture techniques and in vivo experiments also (handling of rats).

Research Associate at IIT, Delhi
  • India - Delhi
  • April 2017 to August 2017

My work was mainly focused on designing cost effective, industrially scalable and efficient polymeric nanomaterials which can co deliver anti cancer drugs and nucleic acids to cancer cells. Inhibition in the cancer cell proliferation, by knocking down the expression of polo like kinase 1 (Plk1) protein, has been evaluated post delivering Plk1 specific siRNA to cancer cells. During this course of work, I have got experience in cell culture techniques and in vivo experiments also (handling of mice and nude mice).

Project assistant at Defence research centre
  • India - Delhi
  • March 2010 to December 2010

Worked as a project assistant in pharmacoscintigraphic techniques. Formulation of pharmaceutical formulations and their pharmacoscintigraphic evaluations have been done during the work period.

Education

Doctorate, Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences
  • at IIT, Delhi
  • April 2017

PhD Degree awarded in October 2017.

Master's degree, Pharmaceutics
  • at Dept. of Pharmaceutical sciences, M.G University, Kerala.
  • January 2010

Have done specialization in Pharmaceutics. Area of work was formulation of solid lipid nanoparticles fr intestinal lymphatic targeting of anti HIV drug (Lopinavir).

Bachelor's degree, Pharmacy
  • at College ofpharmaceutical sciences, Medical college, Trivandrum.,Kerala.
  • April 2007

Passed with first division. Qualified GATE exam with 97.34 percentile.

Specialties & Skills

In Vivo
Polymer Characterization
Polymer Chemistry
Gene Therapy
Formulation Development
Cell culture techniques
Analytical skills like HPLC, GPC, UV-Visible spectroscopy, Mass spectroscopy (LCMS), DLS, Imaging
Drug delivery and formulation designing
In vivo studies

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