Emerging Technology and Best Practices Seminar Series

Nanotechnology in Medicine: From Diagnostics to Therapeutics

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Mansoor M. Amiji, PhD

BIO

Dr. Amiji received his undergraduate degree in pharmacy from Northeastern University in 1988 and his PhD in pharmaceutics from Purdue University in 1992. His areas of specialization include polymeric biomaterials, advanced drug delivery systems, and nanomedical technologies.

Dr. Amiji is currently Professor and Associate Chairman of the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department and Co-Director of Northeastern University Nanomedicine Education and Research Consortium (NERC). NERC oversees a doctoral training program in Nanomedicine Science and Technology that is co-funded by the NIH and NSF. He has three published books, Applied Physical Pharmacy (McGraw-Hill, 2003) and Polymeric Gene Delivery: Principles and Applications (Taylor & Francis, 2005) and Nanotechnology for Cancer Therapy (Taylor & Francis, 2007), along with numerous manuscripts and abstracts. Dr. Amiji has received a number of awards including the 2006 NSTI Award for Outstanding Contributions towards the Advancement of Nanotechnology, Microtechnology, and Biotechnology and 2007 American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist’s Meritorious Manuscript award.