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Dr Prina Mehta

Job: Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty: Health and Life Sciences

School/department: Leicester School of Pharmacy

Address: Â鶹ӰԺ, The Gateway, Leicester, LE1 9BH

T: 0116 250 7290

E: prina.mehta@dmu.ac.uk

 

Personal profile

Prina gained both her degree and PhD at Â鶹ӰԺ. Her PhD was completed under the supervision of Professor Zeeshan Ahmad and focused on utilising the engineering method of electrohydrodynamic atomisation to develop drug-eluting coatings for contact lenses for the treatment of glaucoma. 

In 2017, during the final year of her PhD, Prina was appointed as a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant at Â鶹ӰԺ. Here, she balanced finishing her PhD and continued her research in ocular drug delivery whilst also expanding her research into transdermal drug delivery and cosmetic formulation. She also helped Prof. Ahmad co-supervise PhD students and undergraduate students whilst helping review and write research articles and grants. 

She joined the faculty as a full time lecturer in the summer of 2020 focusing on advanced process technologies and new approaches to drug delivery whilst delving into various unit operations in the development and manufacture of pharmaceutical products. Her teaching also focuses on cosmetic formulation and further studies in cosmetic science. 

Research interests/expertise

  • Ocular Drug Delivery
  • Transdermal Drug Delivery
  • Structure Engineering
  • Pharmaceutical Engineering
  • Novel Drug Delivery Devices/Systems
  • Cosmetic Formulation

Areas of teaching

  • Pharmaceutical Engineering
  • Advanced Process Technologies
  • New Approaches to Drug Delivery
  • Development and Manufacturing of Pharmaceutical Products
  • Cosmetic Formulation
  • Cosmetic Products
  • Cosmetic Science

Qualifications

  • BSc Hons in Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Science, 2014, Â鶹ӰԺ, UK
  • PhD in Pharmaceutical Engineering, 2018, Â鶹ӰԺ, UK

Courses taught

  • Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Science
  • Pharmacy

Current research students

PhD Students:

 

Najmusama Abdul Jalil (2nd Supervisor)

 

Nadia Ahmad (2nd Supervisor)