Vivek Gupta

Biography:

Dr Vivek Gupta is an associate professor at St. John’s University. He is an experienced pharmaceutical researcher with interests in developing novel therapies for respiratory disorders. His expertise lies in the fields of novel drug discovery and repurposing, and non-invasive delivery of small and macromolecules via oral and inhalation routes. He also has significant research interest in the fields of pharmaceutical scalability, and nano-repurposing. Diseases of interest include lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, and mesothelioma. Dr. Gupta’s group has published >75 high-impact publications in peer reviewed journals like Journal of Controlled Release, Materials Science & Engineering C, Drug Discovery Today, to name a few. Dr. Gupta also serves on editorial boards of many peer-reviewed journals. Multiple technologies and therapies developed by Dr. Gupta’s group have been patented and are at various stages of preclinical/clinical development.