Abdullah Mahmud
Nanotechnology Characterization Lab, USA
Biography
Abdullah Mahmud is a Scientist at the nanotechnology characterization laboratory (NCL) of U S Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, working on the development of nanotechnology based formulations for cancer therapeutics. He possess 8+ years of experience working in the chemistry-biology interface utilizing chemistry principles to address the formulation and delivery challenges of novel cancer therapeutics including nucleic acid therapeutics, chemotherapeutics and biologics. His areas of expertise include pharmaceutical sciences, formulation and drug delivery, and physicochemical characterization with extensive laboratory experience in functional modification of polymer, liposome and lipid chemistry and analytical method development. He possesses several patents and publications in the field of nanotechnology based drug delivery. Prior to Join NCL, he was a Post-doctoral Researcher with Prof. Dennis Discher at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, specializing in polymer based drug delivery from the University of Alberta, Canada.