Focal Controlled Drug Delivery

ABRAHAM J. DOMB is Professor for Medicinal Chemistry and Biopolymers at the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. He earned bachelor’s degrees in chemistry, pharmacy and law studies and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Hebrew University. He did his postdoctoral training at MIT and Harvard University and was R&D manager at Nova Pharm in Baltimore between 1988 and 1992. His primary research interests are in biopolymers, controlled drug delivery, cancer therapy, nanoparticulate systems, and forensic sciences.

WAHID KHAN obtained his master’s degree and Ph.D. in pharmaceutics at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical & Educational Research (NIPER) in Mohali, India. He worked with Prof. Abraham J. Domb in The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, for his post-doctoral research. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics at NIPER in Hyderabad, India. His experience includes areas ranging from drug delivery and drug targeting to nanomedicine and biodesign of implantable medical devices.