The team

Prof Amirali Popat

• Formulation Theme Leader
• The University of Queensland

Associate Professor Amirali Popat is a Fulbright Future Scholar and Director of Research at The University of Queensland’s School of Pharmacy. He graduated with a PhD in Nanomedicine from Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), UQ in 2012. His research focuses on development of stimuli responsive nanomaterials to overcome multiple biological barriers for precision medicine, in particular development of smart drug delivery systems for biomedical, veterinary and agricultural applications. He has published 100 papers and 3 patents in the last 10 years with > 5000 citations and H-Index of 37. He has won many prestigious awards including Journal of Nanobiotechnology’s rising star award, Fulbright future award, Faculty higher degree research supervision award, Controlled Release Society’s early career researcher award, QLD young Tall Poppy Science Award to name a few. He is an immediate past president of Australian Controlled Release Society (AusCRS) and an associate editor of Journal of Controlled Release and editorial board member of DDTR, ADDR and Biomaterials Science.

A/Prof Popat will lead formulation theme within CEAStAR.

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