Organizing Committee Member
Uday B. Kompella
Professor
University of Colorado Denver
USA
Biography
Uday Kompella is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ophthalmology, and Bioengineering at the University of Colorado Denver. A key focus of Dr. Kompella’s research is the application of nanotechnology for drug delivery, gene delivery, and imaging. Dr. Kompella has published research in more than 150 scientific papers and book chapters, and he has coedited three books: Nanoparticle Technology for Drug Delivery, Supercritical Fluid Technology for Drug Product Development, and Drug Product Development for the Back of the Eye. Dr. Kompella received his B.Pharm (Hons) from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, his M.Pharm (Pharmaceutical Engineering) from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Before joining the University of Colorado, Dr. Kompella served as a faculty member at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and Auburn University. Dr. Kompella has served as a Chairman of the Regulatory Sciences Section of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), the Books Editorial Advisory Group of the AAPS, the Ocular Drug Delivery and Disposition Focus Group of the AAPS, and the Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Kompella is a recipient of the New Investigator Grant in Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technologies from the AAPS, an Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award from the Alumni Association of Auburn University, Distinguished Scientist and Distinguished Teacher awards from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, a Dean’s Mentoring Award from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, and an ARVO Foundation/Pfizer/Carl Camras Translational Research Award in Ophthalmology from ARVO. Dr. Kompella is a Fellow of the AAPS and ARVO. In addition to serving as an editor for Pharmaceutical Research, Dr. Kompella served as an editor for Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief for the journal Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery and as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics.
Research Area
Research area include Nanotechnology for drug delivery, gene delivery, and imaging; Ocular, nasal, and pulmonary delivery; Supercritical fluid technology for delivery systems.