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Marya Ahmed
Biography
Marya Ahmed acquired her Ph.D from University of Alberta, Canada in Chemical Engineering, with expertise in synthesis of polymeric vectors for gene delivery. She worked as post doctoral fellow, in the department of Chemical Engineering at California Institute of Technology (Caltech.), and gained valuable experience of working with antibody targeted gene delivery vectors for in vivo applications. She moved back to Canada in 2014 and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at University of Toronto, where she was introduced to the field of peptide synthesis, and peptide drug conjugates. Peptide conjugates were evaluated for their mitochondrial targeting and drug delivery efficacies. Her current research focuses on synthesis of peptide-polymer 'hybrids', peptide nanoparticles and study of their in vitro and in vivo drug delivery efficacies.Education:
2012– Ph.D Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Alberta
2009- Msc. Chemical Sciences, Laurentian University of Sudbury
Professional Appointments:
2021- Associate Professor, University of Prince Edward Island
2024- Centre de Reserche en Infectiologie Porcine et Avicole Member (CRIPA)
2018-2025 Assistant Director and Associate member of Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute (BHCRI)
2016-2020 Assistant Professor, University of Prince Edward Island
2015-2016 Postdoctoral fellow, University of Toronto
2013-2014 Postdoctoral fellow, California Institute of Technology
Awards and Honors:
2020-2021 Merit Award for Scholarly Achievements
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2009-2012 NSERC PGSD
2009-2012 Doctoral Prize of Distinction
2010-2011 Captain Thomas Ferrall Greenhalgh M award