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Nubul Albayati

Ph.D Student

Nubul Albayati is a Ph.D. student in Pharmaceutical Sciences /Rutgers University. She received her bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy (Baghdad College of Pharmacy, Iraq). She received her master’s M.S in pharmaceutical Science


Dina Ameen

Ph.D Alumni

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I received my PhD from Rutgers University, working in the Laboratory for Drug Delivery. I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and a master’s degree in Pharmaceutics


Nirali Dholaria

Ph.D Student

Nirali V. Dholaria is a part-time Ph.D. student at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Rutgers University. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy and Master’s M.S in Regulatory Affairs (Long


Benjamin Goodyear

Ph.D Alumni

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Benjamin Goodyear, Ph.D., brings over 10 years of specialized experience in drug delivery within R&D and Medical Affairs in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries. In 2022, he took on the


Namrata Matharoo

Ph.D Student

  I previously worked as a Skin Formulation Scientist at LDD on various industrial projects and am now the LDD Laboratory/Safety Manager. I did my bachelors and masters in Biotechnology


Hana Moh’d

Ph.D Student

  Hana received her B.S in pharmacy (Yarmouk university) in Jordan. She was working as a research assistant in pharmaceutical lab before starts her graduate study.    Research interest: Hana’s


Karen Mooney

Executive Assistant

Karen Mooney joined the Center for Dermal Research in 2019 as the Executive Assistant to Dr. Michniak-Kohn.  Karen has worked in an administrative role at Carnegie Mellon University, AT&T Wireless


Vinam Puri

Ph.D Alumni

PH.D. Alumni Vinam Puri received his PhD in October 2021 under the guidance of Dr. Michniak.  Vinam played an active role in the LDD creating proposals and budgets as well


Sesha Rajeswari Talluri

Ph.D Student - Laboratory Manager/Safety Manager

Sesha “Raje” Rajeswari Talluri received her Bachelor’s degree in pharmacy from University of Delhi and Master’s Degree from Osmania University, India. Her core areas of research are Polymer Technology-Isolation and


Keyaara Robinson

Graduate Student - Alumni

Keyaara received her B.S in Chemistry (Howard University) and M.S in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (NJIT). Keyaara has worked as an R&D Scientist in the Pharmaceutical Industry. During the 2021 academic year


Amgad Saleh

Ph.D Student

Amgad is a part time PhD student at the department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Rutgers University. He received his B.S. in Biology from NJCU with a Chemistry Minor. Amgad has


Parin Shah

Ph.D Alumni

Parin received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University, in the Laboratory for Drug Delivery (LDD). He has more than a decade of experience for developing various kind of drug development and


Anna Shternin

Ph.D Student

Anna Shternin Part time Ph.D. student   Anna Shternin is a Ph.D. student in the department of pharmaceutical sciences. She received her B.Sc. in Chemistry and Biology and her M.Sc.


Amitkumar Virani

Ph.D Student

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  Part time PhD Candidate in Pharmaceutical Sciences I have 10 years of Pharmaceutical R&D experience in liquid and solid dosage form like solution, suspension, powder for suspension, tablet, and


Julia Zhang

Ph.D Alumni

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Julia Zhang received her PhD of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Rutgers University. She has over 15 years of Pharmaceutical R&D experience in solid oral, liquid, semi-solids, suppositories, nasal spray and other


Seepra Rath

Postdoctoral Associate

Seepra Rath is a Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for Dermal Research, Rutgers University. Before joining Dr Michniak-Kohn’s lab, she was a MITACS Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto,