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Dr. Peeyush Kumar Sharma

Dr. Peeyush Kumar Sharma

About

Specialization:
Pharmaceutics (Biomaterials and Bioengineering)

Qualification

B.Pharm, Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar, 2011
M.Pharm (Pharmaceutics), Dibrugarh University, 2013
Ph.D. (Drug Delivery), Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, 2019

Personal Interest

Tech Tinkering, Tennis, Cricket

Working Experience

S. No. Designation Organisation Nature of Work From To
1 Associate Professor (Research Faculty) Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Assam down town University, Guwahati Teaching and Research June 2026 Present
2 Professor Pratiksha Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (affiliated to ASTU) Teaching and Research July 2024 May 2026
3 Postdoctoral Associate Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA Research June 2023 June 2024
4 Research Associate National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) Guwahati Research September 2020 April 2023

Research

My research focuses on engineered polymeric biomaterials for drug delivery and regenerative medicine. Key areas include Covalent hydrogels; DLP, SLA, and extrusion-based 3D bioprinting; microneedle drug delivery systems; colorimetric biosensing for point-of-care monitoring; and valorisation of agro- and animal-derived waste into biomedical materials. I also design open-hardware and low-cost laboratory instruments to build indigenous research infrastructure.

ORCID: 0000-0001-9930-2225

Journal Publications

  1. P.K. Sharma, M. Jadhav, P. Suryavanshi, S. Mahajan, S.K. Banerjee, S. Banerjee. Dual networked 3D-printed berberine–silver nanocomposites wound mesh for wound management. Starch-Stärke, 2025, e70051.
  2. M. Jadhav, P.K. Sharma, S. Mahajan, S.K. Banerjee, S. Kaity, S. Banerjee. Synchronous semi-solid extrusion and photopolymerization of antimicrobial dressing hydrogel for wound healing. Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, 2024, 7, 100461.
  3. S. Gahlawat, D. Oruc, N. Paul, M. Ragheb, S. Patel, O. Fasasi, P.K. Sharma, D.I. Shreiber, J.W. Freeman. Tissue engineered 3D constructs for volumetric muscle loss. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2024, 1–23.
  4. P.K. Sharma, D. Choudhury, T. Karanwad, P. Mohapatra, U.S. Murty, S. Banerjee. Curcumin nanoparticles as a multipurpose additive to achieve high-fidelity SLA-3D printing and controlled delivery. Biomaterials Advances, 2023, 153, 213527.
  5. P.K. Sharma, D. Choudhury, V. Yadav, U.S. Murty, S. Banerjee. 3D printing of nanocomposite pills through desktop vat photopolymerization (stereolithography) for drug delivery reasons. 3D Printing in Medicine, 2022, 8, 1–10.
  6. U. Bhatt, P.K. Sharma, U.S. Murty, S. Banerjee. Systematic evaluations of melt-extruded filament for fused deposition modeling-mediated 3D printing. Journal of 3D Printing in Medicine, 2022, 6, 77–94.
  7. A. Pariskar, P.K. Sharma, U.S. Murty, S. Banerjee. Effect of tartrazine as photoabsorber for improved printing resolution of 3D printed "ghost tablets": non-erodible inert matrices. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2022.
  8. V. Yadav, P.K. Sharma, U.S. Murty, N.H. Mohan, R. Thomas, S.K. Dwivedy, S. Banerjee. 3D printed hollow microneedles array using stereolithography for efficient transdermal delivery of rifampicin. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2021, 605, 120815. (Equal contributing first author)
  9. D. Choudhury, P.K. Sharma, U.S. Murty, S. Banerjee. Stereolithography-assisted fabrication of 3D printed polymeric film for topical berberine delivery: in-vitro, ex-vivo and in-vivo investigations. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2021.
  10. P.K. Sharma, Y. Singh. Glyoxylic hydrazone linkage-based PEG hydrogels for covalent entrapment and controlled delivery of doxorubicin. Biomacromolecules, 2019, 20, 2174–2184.
  11. P.K. Sharma, M. Halder, U. Srivastava, Y. Singh. Antibacterial PEG-chitosan hydrogels for the controlled antibiotic/protein delivery. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 2019, 2(12), 5313–5322.
  12. M. Abdulkarim, P.K. Sharma, M. Gumbleton. Self-emulsifying drug delivery system: mucus permeation and innovative quantification technologies. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2019, 142, 62–74.
  13. N. Sharma, P.K. Sharma, Y. Singh, C.M. Nagaraja. A self-healing metal–organic gel (MOG) exhibiting pH-responsive release of a chemotherapeutic agent, doxorubicin: modulation of release kinetics by partial dehydration of matrix. ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 1354–1363. (Equal contributing first author)
  14. K.L. Reddy, P.K. Sharma, A. Singh, A. Kumar, K.R. Shankar, Y. Singh, N. Garg, V. Krishnan. Amine-functionalized, porous silica-coated NaYF4:Yb/Er upconversion nanophosphors for efficient delivery of doxorubicin and curcumin. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2019, 96, 86–95. (Equal contributing first author)
  15. P.K. Sharma, S. Taneja, Y. Singh. Hydrazone-linkage-based self-healing and injectable xanthan–poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels for controlled drug release and 3D cell culture. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 30936–30945.

Awards & Achievements

  1. Newton-Bhabha PhD Placement Fellowship (2018)
    Jointly sponsored by the British Council, UK, and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India. Worked as a visiting fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Mark Gumbleton, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cardiff University, UK, from June 2018 to September 2018. 
  2. Best Poster Award (1st Prize), Advances in Sustainable Polymers (ASP) 2018
    Awarded at the international conference Advances in Sustainable Polymers, held at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, 8–11 January 2018
  3. Best Research Associate Award, NIPER Guwahati (2023)