Department of Pharmaceutical Science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Magid Abou-Gharbia, PhD, FRSC
Laura H. Carnell Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
215-707-4949
magid.abougharbia@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Synthesis
• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Drug Discovery
• Drug Design

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Carlos Barrero, MD
Assistant Professor
215-707-9229
carlos.barrero@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Proteomics
• Metabolomics
• Diabetes
• COPD
• HIV

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Benjamin E. Blass, PhD
Assistant Professor 
215-707-1085
benjamin.blass@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Drug Discovery
• Drug Design

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Michael Borenstein, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Operations
215-707-2976
michael.borenstein@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Method Development
• Pharmacokinetics
• Sample Preparation
• Chromatography
• Liquid Chromatography
• Mass Spectrometry
• Analytical Method Development
• High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
• Chromatographic Method Development
• Analytical Chemistry Instrumentation

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Daniel Canney, PhD
Interim Director, Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research
Associate Professor, Medicinal Chemistry
215-707-6924
daniel.canney@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Organic Synthesis
• Structure-Activity Relationship Studies
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Neurotransmitter
• Neurobiology
• Receptors

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Wayne Childers, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research
215-707-1079
wayne.childers@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Drug Discovery
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Organic Synthesis
• Synthetic Organic Chemistry
• Drug Design

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Reza Fassihi, PhD
Professor
215-707-7670
reza.fassihi@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Design, development, evaluation (in-vitro and in-vivo), optimization and scale-up operations of oral dosage forms,osmotic pumps, tampered resistant systems, controlled and modified release drug delivery(CR), dispersed systems, topical products, gels, parenteral and advanced delivery systems

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Marc Ilies, PhD
Professor
215-707-1749
marc.ilies@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Material Sciences
• Pharmaceutics

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Kenneth Korzekwa, PhD
Professor
215-707-7892
kenneth.korzekwa@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Pharmacology
• Drug Metabolism
• Pharmacokinetics

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David Lebo, PhD, RPh
Professor
Director of CGMP Services
215-707-5895
david.lebo@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology
• Drug Formulation Development
• Dosage Form Development
• Pharmaceutical Formulation
• Pharmaceutics
• Pharmaceutical Research and Development
• Dissolution
• Solubility
• Encapsulation
• Pharmaceutical Industry

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Salim Merali, PhD
Associate Dean for Research
Professor
215-707-9228
salim.merali@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Cell Culture
• Cloning
• Mouse Breeding
• Apoptosis
• Liquid Chromatography
• Metabolomics
• Pulmonology
• Proteins
• Infectious Diseases
• Pharmacy

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Swati Nagar, PhD
Professor
Director, Graduate Studies
215-707-9110
swati.nagar@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Pharmacology
• Pharmacokinetics
• Drug Metabolism

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Oscar Perez-Leal, PhD
Assistant Professor
215-707-9229
oscar.perez@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Cloning
• PCR
• Yeast and Mammalian cells
• RNA-Protein Interaction Studies
• Protein-Protein Interaction
• Protein Identification by Mass Spectrometry
• Plasmodium
• Molecular Biology
• CRISPR
• Biosensors

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Mario Rico
Research Assistant Professor
215-707-9229
marior@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Growth Factors
• RAS
• Inflammation
• Osteoblasts
• Small Animal Procedures
• Drug Development
• Animal Surgery
• Small Animal Surgery
• Oral Gavage
• 4Hydroxynonenol

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Ellen Walker, PhD
Chair
Professor
215-707-6770
ellen.walker@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Pharmacology
• Neurology
• Psychology
• Chemical Dependency

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Ho Lun Wong, PhD, BScPharm
Associate Professor
215-707-8173
ho-lun.wong@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Nanotechnology

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Joanne Xue, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
215-707-8173
joannex@temple.edu

Research Interests
• Nanotechnology

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