Current Duke Appointments & Affiliations
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering
·
2024 - Present
Biomedical Engineering,
Pratt School of Engineering
Recent Scholarly Works
All-PEG-Like Block Copolymers Self-Assemble into Stealth Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery.
Journal article Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · March 2026 Poly(oligo(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate) (POEGMA) is a stealth polymer that does not exhibit polyethylene glycol (PEG) antigenicity. Herein, we engineered self-assembling nanoparticles composed entirely of POEGMA by designing AB diblock copol ... Full text CiteIntrinsically disordered protein coating for oral delivery of peptide drugs
Journal article Cell Biomaterials · January 1, 2026 Advancing oral delivery of peptide therapeutics requires innovative materials that overcome gastrointestinal barriers. We introduce an engineered synthetic intrinsically disordered protein (SynIDP) that self-assembles into an enteric coating, encapsulating ... Full text CiteNonfouling Coatings from Synthetic Intrinsically Disordered Proteins.
Journal article Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · August 2025 The antifouling performance of a previously developed triblock protein, B-M-E is optimized, that self-assembles on gold surfaces to form a nonfouling layer by modifying the sequence of its E block. In this protein, B is a gold-binding domain, M is a trimer ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Next Generation Stealth Lipid for the Delivery of mRNA
ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by Gateway Bio, Inc. · 2025 - 2026Liquid Brachytherapy in a Porcine Model to Treat Pancreatic Cancer
ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2024 - 2025Injectable PEG-like Conjugate for Sustained Delivery of a Peptide Drug for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
ResearchPostdoctoral Associate · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025View All Grants
Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (India) ·
2018
Ph.D.