Position Highlights
The D-PReD (Drug-(Preformulation, Repurposing, and Drug Delivery) Research Laboratory at the R. Ken Coit College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona seeks a postdoctoral fellow with expertise in the development, characterization and in vivo evaluation of ocular delivery systems. The person selected for this position will also assist the Principal Investigator, Dr. Abhijit Date, in the laboratory management, supervision of undergraduate and graduate students, and manuscript writing.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Development of drug nanocrystals, polymeric micelles and lipid nanoformulations for various routes of administration.
- Development and characterization of pharmaceutical ionic liquids and deep eutectic systems.
- Analysis of solubility, drug content, stability, and in vitro drug release using HPLC/LC-MS or suitable analytical techniques.
- Ex vivo permeation studies using rabbit and pig corneas.
- Cell culture work.
- Ocular pharmacokinetics studies.
- Participation in ongoing collaborative projects.
- Analyzes and interprets generated data and works with the Principal Investigator (PI) to determine next steps on experimental results and writes manuscripts and progress reports.
- Provides technical resources and problem solving for graduate students and undergraduate researchers.
- Writes manuscripts and progress reports.
- Laboratory management, from biosafety, chemical safety, instrument operation to animal protocol approval.
