Nanomaterials and Nanomachines for Drug Delivery Underpinning Science and Technology

Prof. Dr. Md Enamul Hoque is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, at the University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Prior to joining the University of Tabuk, he held several senior academic and leadership positions at internationally reputed institutions. These include Senior Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Bangladesh; Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at King Faisal University (KFU), Saudi Arabia; and Founding Head of the Bioengineering Division at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC). Professor Hoque obtained his PhD in 2007 from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore. He also earned a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, in 2015. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) registered with the Engineering Council, UK; a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE), UK; a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK; and a Member of the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology. He has been ranked among the top 2% of scientists worldwide, based on standardized citation metrics.

Sunita Negi is an expert in the area of computational physics and biophysics with a background in theoretical physics. She has taught these subjects for nearly 10 years at universities such as the University of Delhi, Amity University and GD Goenka University (India). Prior to taking up the current role in 2019, she served in academic positions such as Principal Investigator in a Young Scientist Project by the Department of Science and Technology and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow by Turkish Academy of Sciences at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. Sunita Negi holds a Ph.D. from Homi Bhabha National Institute (India); MSc (Physics) from the University of Delhi (India); and BSc (Physics Hons), from the University of Delhi (India).

Professor Azam Ali is Director of the Centre for Bioengineering and Nanomedicine, Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago, New Zealand. He is an internationally recognized biomaterial scientist, has strong research and teaching expertise in biomaterials and biomedical engineering. He obtained his PhD in biomaterials Science and engineering (2000) from USM. He worked at the Crown Research Institute (AgResearch, the largest New Zealand Govt. Research Organisation) as a senior scientist and research leader (2003-2013). He joined the University of Otago (UoO) in 2013 as director of the Centre for Bioengineering and Nanomedicine. He has secured many national/International grants, worth NZ$12.5 million for 20+ projects. He has been leading (director) the bioengineering academic program at UoO, since 2014. He has published over 140 refereed articles, holds 24 Patents (21 granted as full patents), invented 6 medical devices (commercializing over 23 countries worldwide), and 12 Book chapters. He served as editor-in-chief (J. Mat Sci. & Eng.), and editorial board member of Bioactive Materials.

Professor Nashiru Billa is a professor of drug delivery with the College of Pharmacy, Qatar University. He obtained his BPharm Degree from the University of Punjab in 1993. After a brief attachment with the Pharmaceutical Industry, he pursued a PhD in Pharmaceutics, completing in 2000 at the University of Science Malaysia. In 2001, he joined the International Medical University as a Lecturer in Pharmaceutics and drug delivery. At the same university, he was appointed Chief Scientist of a Bioequivalence Research Laboratory (Equilab®), where he oversaw the generation of analytical protocols for the analysis of drugs in plasma for use in bioequivalence studies. He has served as a consultant to a Pharmaceutical Company and participated in more than 30 bioequivalence studies on generic pharmaceuticals. He was involved in the design of the International Medical University Pharmacy curriculum and played a leading role in the planning of the pharmaceutics courses at that university. In 2005 he joined the School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus as Assistant Professor. In 2007 he was promoted to Associate Professor and in 2015 to full Professor. During the 15 year stay at the Nottingham University, he was the lead in the delivery of several drug delivery modules and held several administrative positions, including Associate Dean for Research & Knowledge Exchange and Deputy Head of School. He serves as an External Examiner to several Pharmacy Educational Curricula.