Assistant Professor
St. John's University
Dr. Nitesh Kunda is an Associate Professor in Industrial Pharmacy and Pharmaceutics within the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at St. John’s University, New York. Dr. Kunda holds a Ph.D. in Formulation and Drug Delivery from the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Dr. Kunda’s current research interests include the use of nanotechnology in developing therapeutics against infectious disease and cancer, synthesizing polymeric nanoparticles and attaching targeting moieties for site-specific delivery, amorphous solid dispersions, and drug and vaccine formulation for pulmonary delivery. Dr. Kunda’s laboratory specializes in developing dry powder biologics that do not require cold-chain for storage and transport thereby decreasing the cost of biologics-based products significantly.
Dr. Kunda has numerous (>50) high-impact peer-reviewed research publications covering a wide variety of topics including formulation, drug delivery, and stabilization of vaccines. Dr. Kunda is an active member of AAPS (since 2012) and many other professional organizations. Dr. Kunda is an Associate Editor of Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy and Frontiers in Nanotechnology, and an editorial board member of PLoS One, Pharmaceuticals, etc. and a reviewer for many high-impact journals.