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## Meet the editors

Dr. Juber Akhtar obtained BPharm from Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, in 2005, MPharm from Manipal University, Karnataka, in 2007, and Ph.D. from Integral University, Lucknow, in 2014. He is currently employed as an associate professor at Integral University. From 2014 to 2016, Dr. Akhtar was head of the Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University. He also served as chairman cum biological scientist for Institutional Animal Ethics

Committee (IAEC) from October 2015 to May 2017. He has experience teaching abroad and was previously a professor at Buraydah College of Pharmacy and Dentistry, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Dr. Akhtar has more than eighty publications in reputed journals and is an editorial board member for many esteemed journals. He has supervised a dozen Ph.D. and MPharm students in research projects. Dr. Akhtar's areas of research interest include the development of nanoparticulate drug delivery systems.

Dr. Badruddeen obtained both a BPharm and MPharm from Hamdard University, Delhi. He obtained a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Integral University, Lucknow, in 2014. He has expertise in cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and endocrine diseases. He has fourteen years of experience conducting research on the safety, toxicity, and clinical efficacy of herbal and allopathic drugs. He has sixty-five original articles in reputed journals to his credit.

Dr. Badruddeen is also an editorial board member for several journals. He has supervised a dozen research scholars and is member secretary of the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee (IAEC) and in-charge, animal house, Integral University since June 2008.

Dr. Usama Ahmad holds a specialization in Pharmaceutics from Amity University, Lucknow, India. He received his Ph.D. degree from Integral University on his work titled 'Development and evaluation of silymarin nanoformulation for hepatic carcinoma'. Currently, he's working as an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Integral University. He has been teaching Pharm.D, B.Pharm, and M.Pharm students and con-

ducting research in the novel drug delivery domain. From 2013 to 2014 he worked on a research project funded by SERB-DST, Government of India. He has a rich publication record with more than 24 original articles published in reputed journals, 2 edited books with IntechOpen, 4 book chapters, and a number of scientific articles published in 'Ingredients South Asia Magazine' and 'QualPharma Magazine'. He is a member of the American Association for Cancer Research, International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, and the British Society for Nanomedicine. Dr. Ahmad's research focus is on the development of nanoformulations to facilitate the delivery of drugs that aim to provide practical solutions to current healthcare problems.

Dr. Mohammad Irfan Khan holds a Bachelor's and Master's degree of Pharmacy from Hamdard University, Delhi. He has a Ph.D. with a specialization in Phytochemistry. He has expertise in Ayurvedic and Nutraceuticals and worked with some of the major Pharmaceutical companies. He has 12 years of experience in the Research & Formulation development of Ayurvedic, Herbal and Nutraceutical products and successfully developed

more than 100 formulations. He has more than 38 original papers in international journals of repute. Dr. Khan has also supervised many research scholars at PG and Ph.D. levels.

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