reviewer and editorial board member of 30 and 29
scientific journals, respectively. He is the member and
life member of 15 professional organizations.
Dr. Amit Kumar Nayak (M.Pharm., Ph.D.) is currently working as Associate Professor at Seemanta
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Odisha, India. He
has earned his Ph.D. from IFTM University,
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He worked as
Senior Research Associate at IIT, Kanpur in a CSIR
sponsored project. He has over 12 years of research
experiences in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in
the development and characterization of novel biopolymeric and nanostructured drug delivery systems made
of natural biopolymers. Till date, he has authored over
120 research and review publications in various
high-impact peer-reviewed journals and 76 book chapters and 7 books to his credit. Overall, he has earned
highly impressive publishing and cited record in
Scopus (h-index: 35) and in Google Scholar (h-index:
39, i10-Index: 104). He has presented his research work
at several conferences. He has received University
Foundation Day Research Award-2019 by Biju Patnaik
University of Technology, Odisha. He is life member of
Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India
(APTI) and a Registered Pharmacist.
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scientific journals, respectively. He is the member and
life member of 15 professional organizations.
Dr. Amit Kumar Nayak (M.Pharm., Ph.D.) is currently working as Associate Professor at Seemanta
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Odisha, India. He
has earned his Ph.D. from IFTM University,
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He worked as
Senior Research Associate at IIT, Kanpur in a CSIR
sponsored project. He has over 12 years of research
experiences in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in
the development and characterization of novel biopolymeric and nanostructured drug delivery systems made
of natural biopolymers. Till date, he has authored over
120 research and review publications in various
high-impact peer-reviewed journals and 76 book chapters and 7 books to his credit. Overall, he has earned
highly impressive publishing and cited record in
Scopus (h-index: 35) and in Google Scholar (h-index:
39, i10-Index: 104). He has presented his research work
at several conferences. He has received University
Foundation Day Research Award-2019 by Biju Patnaik
University of Technology, Odisha. He is life member of
Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India
(APTI) and a Registered Pharmacist.
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