Graft Copolymers for Biomedical and Tissue Engineering Applications

Rishabha Malviya, PhD, is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacy, School of Medical and Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, India. He has 12 years of research experience. His area of interest includes formulation optimization, nanoformulation, targeted drug delivery, localized drug delivery and characterization of natural polymers as pharmaceutical excipients. He has authored more than 200 research/review papers for national/international journals of repute. He has 58 patents (19 grants, 38 published, one filed) and publications in reputed national and international journals. He has received an Outstanding Reviewer Award from Elsevier. He has authored and edited 48 books (Wiley, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, Springer, River Publisher, IOP Publishing, and OMICS Publishing Group) and authored 31 book chapters. His name has included in World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University. He is a reviewer, editor, and editorial board member of more than 50 national and international journals of repute. He was an invited author for the magazine Atlas of Science as well as a pharma magazine dealing with B2B industry, Ingredient South Asia. He completed his BPharm from Uttar Pradesh Technical University and MPharm (Pharmaceutics) from Gautam Buddha Technical University, Lucknow Uttar Pradesh, India. His PhD (Pharmacy) work was in novel formulation development techniques.Sonali Sundram, PhD, is Assistant Professor, School of Medical & Allied Sciences, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. She previously worked as a research scientist on a project of ICMR in King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India. After that, she joined BBDNIIT (Babu Banarasi Das Northern India Institute of Technology), Lucknow. Her PhD (Pharmacy) work was in the area of neurodegeneration and nanoformulation. Her area of interest is neurodegeneration, clinical research, and artificial intelligence. She has authored and edited more than 15 books (Wiley, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, IOP Publishing, Apple Academic Press/Taylor and Francis, Springer Nature, and River Publisher). She has attended and organized more than 15 national and international seminars, conferences, and workshops. She has more than eight patents to her credit. She has published six SCI-indexed manuscripts with reputed international publishers. She has delivered oral presentation at international conferences organized in different European countries. She completed both BPharm and MPharm (Pharmacology) from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow, India.

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"This comprehensive collection gathers a plethora of information from contributors across the globe for researchers, professionals, and students interested in the connection between polymer science and biomedical applications. . . . It presents a wide range of information, from the design and synthesis of polysaccharide graft-copolymers to their biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. . . . Offers insightful analyses of the most recent developments and exciting potential for a rapidly growing industry."—From the Foreword by Dhruv Galgotia, PhD, CEO, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, India