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Dr. Yashveer is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Ropar and also serves as an Associate Faculty at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the institute. He received his PhD degree at the University of Allahabad and did postdoctoral research at the Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore), Joseph Fourier University (France), and Rutgers University (USA). Prior to joining IIT Ropar as an Assistant Professor in 2012, he was an Assistant Research Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University (USA). His research interests are in broad areas of polymeric biomaterials, drug delivery, antibacterial, wound healing, and tissue engineering. In particular, his group is working on polymer and peptide-based hydrogels/gels and nanomaterials for microbicide delivery, chemotherapeutic agent delivery, antibacterial, wound healing, and tissue engineering applications. He has published 49 papers/reviews in peer-reviewed journals, 4 patents, and 5 book chapters. He is an Assistant Editor of the sixth edition of Martin's Physical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, a major textbook for pharmacy schools worldwide.

News / Highlights

Congratulations to Tumpa, a MSc student in our group, on winning the first prize in oral presentation at the International Conference- Advances in Pharmaceutical Science Bridging Academy and Industry (APS 2024), St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, 5-6 March 2024.

Congratulations to Moumita, Ananya, and Deepa, PhD and MSc students in our group, on their manuscript being accepted for publication in Biomacromolecules.

Congratulations to Nahida, a PhD student in our group, on submitting her PhD thesis to the institute.

Congratulations to Pruthvi, a PhD student in our group, on winning the best poster award at the TransMat 2K24: International Conference on Translational Materials for Sustainable Technology, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, 1-4 February 2024.

Congratulations to Gurpreet, a part-time PhD student in our group, on successfully completing her thesis proposal seminar on 29 January 2024.

Congratulations to Moumita, a PhD student in our group, on successfully completing her thesis defense seminar on 21 September 2023.

Congratulations to Deepa and Yashika, PhD students in our group, for presenting posters at the 33 Annual Conference of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB-2023), Davos, Switzerland , 4-September 2023, Davos, Switzerland.

Congratulation to Vatan, a PhD student in our group, on winning the best oral presentation award at the International Conference and Startup Summit on Functional Biomaterials and Synthetic Biology (FBSB-2023), PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore.

Congratulations to Deepa, a PhD student in our group, on her manuscript being accepted for publication in ACS Applied Nano Materials.

Congratulations to Soumyajit and Moumita, PhD students in our group, on their manuscript being accepted for publication in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules (published jointly with Dr. Durba Pal's group at DBME).

Congratulations to John, a MSc student in our group on winning a bronze in Inter Year Sports Championship 2022-2023 at IIT Ropar.

Congratulations to Nahida and Deepa, PhD students in our group, on their manuscript being accepted for publication in ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IF:5.395).

Congratulations to Vatan and Sakshi, PhD and MSc students in our group, on their manuscript being accepted for publication in ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering 2023, 9(5), 2647-2662 (IF: 5.395).

Congratulations to Moumita and Mukul, PhD and MSc students in our group, on their manuscript being accepted for publication in Bioconjugate Chemistry 2023, 34(4), 645-663 (IF: 6.069).

Congratulations to Soumyajit, a joint PhD student in our group (advisor: Dr. Durba Pal) on winning the best poster presentation award at the International Conference on Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine, and Devices (BIO-Remedi 2022), organized by the IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, 15-18 December 2022.

Congratulations to Soumyajit, a joint PhD student in our group (advisor: Dr. Durba Pal) on winning the best poster presentation award at the International Conference on Smart Materials for Sustainable Technology-II, organized by IIT Bombay, IIT BHU, and SIRMB, IIT Bombay, 13-16 October 2022.

Congratulation to Pruthviraj, a PhD student in our group, on being selected for the DST INSPIRE Fellowship in August 2022.

Congratulation to Moumita, a PhD student in our group, on being selected for the SERB International Travel Support Grant to present her poster at the 32 Annual Conference by the European Biomaterial Society, Bordeaux, France, 4-8 September 2022.

Congratulations to Nahida, a PhD student, in our group, on her manuscript being accepted for publication in Biomaterials Advances (IF: 7.328).

Congratulations to Moumita, a PhD student, and Yatin Bhatia, a MSc student, in our group on their manuscript being accepted for publication in Biomaterials Science 2022, 10, 2248-2262 (IF: 7.590).

Congratulations to Ananya, a MSc student in our group, on winning the best oral presentation at the Biomaterials Conclave 2022 (Bone Biomaterials Symposium), National Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Madras, Chennai (along with the SBAOI, STERMI, and NIGIS), 7-15 March 2022.

Congratulations to Meghna Bhandari, a MTech student in our group, on winning the best oral presentation award at the APA Bioforum International e-Conference on Polymeric Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Asian Polymer Association, New Delhi, 27-28 August 2021.