Chukwuebuka Umeyor
Chukwuebuka E. Umeyor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria. He holds a BPharm, MPharm, and Ph.D. in Physical Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria. He is a recipient of an African-German Network of Excellence in Science (AGNES) Junior Researcher Grant, an International Foundation for Science (IFS) grant, and a Department of Biotechnology-The World Academy of Sciences (DBT-TWAS) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India. He has several publications in reputable peer-reviewed local and international journals to his credit. His research interests include lipid- and polymeric-based drug and gene delivery systems, tissue engineering, nanovaccines and adjuvants, nanodiagnostics, brain drug delivery, drug targeting, biomaterials, and more.