Speakers

Dr. Mansoor Amiji is a distinguished professor and chairman in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the School of Pharmacy, Bouvé College of Health Sciences, at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He is also the laboratory director for Biomaterials and Advanced Nano-Delivery Systems (BANDS) at Northeastern University.

Dr. Amiji obtained his B.S. in pharmacy (magna cum laude) from Northeastern University and Ph.D. in pharmaceutics/biomaterial science from the Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy and Pharmacal Sciences, Purdue University, U.S.A., in 1992 and has served in multiple important positions at Northeastern University since then. He is a member of the CRS Board of Scientific Advisors, fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), and has won several awards and recognition in the field, including the AAPS Meritorious Manuscript Award and the Nano Science and Technology Institute (NSTI) Fellowship Award for outstanding contributions toward advancement in nanotechnology, microtechnology, and biotechnology. Under Prof. Amiji’s supervision, Dr. Arun Iyer, a research assistant professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Northeastern University, was recently awarded the prestigious 2012 CRS T. Nagai Postdoctoral Research Achievement Award from CRS.