Gene Technology

Ram I Mahato

Ram I Mahato
Editor-in-Chief
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Nebraska, USA

Biography

Ram I. Mahato is Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, United States. He was Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Research Assistant Professor at the University of Utah, Senior Scientist at GeneMedicine, Inc., and as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Washington University in St. Louis, and Kyoto University, Japan. He received PhD in Drug Delivery from the University of Strathclyde, UK and BS from China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing. He has published 115 papers, book chapters and review articles, holds 2 US patents, and has edited/written eight books and nine journal issues. He was a Feature Editor of the Pharmaceutical Research (2006-2013) and Editorial Board Member of eight journals. He is a CRS Fellow, AAPS Fellow, Permanent Member of BTSS/NIH Study section (2009-2013), and ASGCT Scientific Advisor (nonviral vectors, 2006-2009).

Research Interest

Research is focused on Micelle and Nanoparticulate Drug Delivery; Oligonucleotides, siRNA, miRNA, shRNA and Gene Delivery; Synthesis of Novel Polymers, Lipopeptides, Lipopolymers and Cationic Lipids; Construction of Plasmid and Adenovirus-based Gene and shRNA Expression Systems.