Ajay K Banga
Professor/ Department chair/ Co Director
Mercer University
United States
Biography
Dr. Ajay K. Banga is Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the College of Pharmacy, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA. He also holds an Endowed Chair in transdermal delivery systems and serves as co-Director for the Center for Drug Delivery Research. Dr. Banga has a Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences from Rutgers University, NJ. Dr. Banga has over 300 publications and scientific abstracts to his credit. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of 10 journals, as Associate Editor for one journal, and has served as the Editor-in-Chief for a drug delivery journal. He has written three single author books and over 12 book chapters in the areas of transdermal delivery and protein formulation/delivery. He is a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
Research Interest
Investigate traditional and non-traditional approaches for topical and transdermal delivery of pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals, especially for water soluble small conventional molecules and macromolecules. His laboratory has received over 80 funded projects from industry in skin delivery systems.