Former Students
Mukul Ashtikar
Graduate Student
Project: Dissolution Kinetic in Intestinal Fluids
Mukul worked to determine the effect of food on dissolution kinetics of drugs in intestinal fluids using in-vitro dissolution models.
M.S - Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Northeastern University,
Boston, USA, 2008
B.S - Pharmaceutical Sciences,
University of Mumbai,
Mumbai, India, 2006
ashtikar.m@neu.edu
Ankit Mehta
Graduate Student
Project: Transport Studies Across Intestinal Mucus
Ankit investigated the hindrance of intestinal mucus to drug absorption. He also studied nanoparticle diffusion across intestinal mucus.
B.E. - Chemical Engineering,
University of Mumbai,
Mumbia, India, 2005
Vatsala Sadasivan
Graduate Student
Project: Molecular Modeling of Intestinal Mucus
Vatsala worked to develop molecular models of human intestinal mucus. These
models could be used to study molecular-level interactions between drugs and mucus
components and their influence on drug transport.
B.S. (Honors) Chemical Engineering
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 2003
vatsala@coe.neu.edu
Saloni Bhardwaj
Graduate Student
Project: Physiological Modeling of GI Tract to Predict the Effect of Cyclodextrin on Oral Drug Delivery
Saloni worked to develop physiological models of the gastrointestinal tract as a series of well-mixed compartments for predicting oral delivery of poorly soluble drugs delivered with cyclodextrin. Saloni also researched techniques to predict the precipitation kinetics of pharmaceutical compounds.
B.S Tech. Chemical and Bio Engineering National Institute of Technology
Jalandhar,
India 2004
bhardwaj.s@neu.edu
James Sims
Undergraduate Student
Project: Drug Precipitation in the GI Tract
James studied the kinetics of drug precipitation in the intestinal environment.
B.S. Chemical Engineering
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 2009