Drug Design, Analysis and Delivery Research Group

  • Title of group: Drug Design, Analysis and Delivery Research Group
  • Head of research group: Akram Ashames
  • Research group members
  1. Dr. Akram Ashames
  2. Dr. Farah Ahmed
  3. Dr. Moawia Al-Tabakha
  4. Dr. Zehra Eddis
  5. Dr. Richie Bhandare
  6. Mrs. Sawsan Shanabli
  7. Mrs. Sundos Al Ebrahim
  8. Mrs. Sabrina Ait Gacem
  9. Mr. Mohammed Mohajir
  10. Mrs. May Ibrahim
  11. Mrs. Sham Mohamed
  12. Mrs. Zainab Ahmed


  • Research areas

The group’s research focus areas over a wide range of pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical synthesis and analysis, which are

Pharmaceutics Focus Area

  • Formulation and drug delivery
  • Bioavailability and bioequivalence
  • Nanocarriers for cancer diagnosis and therapy

Pharmaceutical Synthesis & Analysis Focus Area

  • Pharmaceutical counterfeiting
  • Nanoparticle synthesis & characterization
  • Separation & characterization of biological samples
  • Current projects
  1. Development of microwave-processed solid dispersion itraconazole nanoparticles in formulation filled in vegetable capsules.
  2. Comparative study of antimicrobial activity of various silver nanoparticles synthesized by different green methods.
  3. Phytochemical and safety studies of Ephedra alata Decne (Arabic: Alanda, Family Ephedraceae), a palestinian medicinal plant, used for the treatment of cancer.
  4. Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of copper iodide nanoparticles (NPs) within polymer matrices on Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pyogenes, Enterococcus faecalis, Bacillus subtilis, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans.
  5. Synthesis, characterizations and biological applications of nanoemulsion based synthetic chalcones.

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