Ram I. Mahato

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Dr. Ram I. Mahato
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Born(1963-01-11)January 11, 1963
Alma mater University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha
Scientific career
FieldsPolymeric Nanomedicine

Ram I. Mahato is a Parke-Davis endowed professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, United States. [1] He served as the chair of this Department from 2013 to 2025. He was Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. He was Research Assistant Professor at the University of Utah, Senior Scientist at GeneMedicine Inc and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Southern California, Washington University in St. Louis, and Kyoto University. He received a PhD in drug delivery from the University of Strathclyde and BS from China Pharmaceutical University. He is a CRS Fellow, AAPS Fellow, Permanent Member of BTSS/NIH Study section (2009–2013), and ASGCT Scientific Advisor (nonviral vectors, 2006–2009).

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Research activities

He has expertise in molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, biophysics, polymer chemistry, colloid science, pharmaceutics, and medicine. It allowed him to take a multidisciplinary approach for successful research and training students and post-doctoral fellows. His research is focused on the following areas: (i) micelle and nanoparticulate drug delivery, (ii) oligonucleotides, siRNA, miRNA, shRNA and gene delivery (iii) synthesis of novel polymers, lipopeptides, lipopolymers and cationic lipids (iv) construction of plasmid and adenovirus-based gene and shRNA expression systems. These systems are being tested in various disease areas such as improving islet transplantation to treat type 1 diabetes, cancer (pancreatic, prostate and breast) and liver fibrosis.

Research accomplishments

A full list of his published work can be found on Google Scholar https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IjtzdLQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

References

  1. "Ram I. Mahato". unmc.edu. Retrieved 2015-01-04.