Rahul Dev Jayant, PhD

Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Immunology

Office: AHC1 306

Phone: 305.348.9063

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Biography

Dr. Rahul Dev Jayant (Ph.D.), currently working as Assistant Professor at the Centre of Personalized Nanomedicine, Department of Immunology of Florida International University (FIU), USA. Dr. Jayant obtained his Ph.D. (2011) in Biomedical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India. Before moving to USA, Dr. Jayant also worked as Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Prof Gero Decher's Lab at ICS-CNRS, France. In his current research, Dr. Jayant is investigating the novel molecular and nanotechnology based drug delivery approaches for personalized nanomedicine applicable to neuroAIDS. He has over 10 years of experience working at the interface of the material science, pharmaceutical science and nanoformulation development for the therapeutic applications. His main interests are multidisciplinary in nature and primarily focus on development of targeted nanoformulation using nanoparticle, liposome, small molecule delivery (siRNA & DNA) andin-vivodrug pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamics (PK-PD) evaluation. Dr. Jayant also been engaged in the entrepreneurial field in order to achieve his terms goal of translating lab discoveries to the industry. He holds 3 patents, published many high quality research papers in peer reviewed scientific journals and presented his work in many national & international scientific meetings related to the fields of Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Nanomedicine and HIV & Drug Abuse. Dr. Jayant's innovative research has been recognized by many prestigious awards e.g. SPNM-Junior Investigator Research Award; SNIP-Early Career Investigator Travel Award & Arthur Falek Outstanding Poster Presentation Award and AAPS Manufacturing Science and Engineering (MSE) award etc. He is also serving as associate editor, consulting editor, editorial board member and reviewers of many peer-reviewed scientific journals. He is also member of several international scientific organizations including SNIP, SPNM, APPS, IDARS and CRS etc.

Research Specialties

  • Nanomedicine, Anti-HIV & Anti-addiction Nano-therapeutics
  • Nanoparticle and Liposome based novel drug delivery systems (NDDS)
  • Novel biomaterials development for targeted drug delivery
  • Biosensor & medical devices

Education and Training

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate (2013-2016), FIU, Miami, FL, USA
  • Clinical Trial Project Manager (2012-13), Biotrial, Rennes, France
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate (2011-12), Institute Charles Sadron (CNRS), Strasbourg, France
  • Ph.D. (2011), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Mumbai, India
  • Masters (M.Tech-2006), NIPER, Chandigarh, India
  • Bachelors (B. Phamracy-2004), Delhi University (DU), Delhi, India

Patents

  • R.D. Jayant& MPN Nair. Materials and methods for sustained release of active compounds (US20160279069 A1)
  • R.D. Jayant, A. Chaudhary & R. Srivastava. Glucose biosensor system coupled with an anti-inflammatory module and methods for using the same.(US 2011/0262363 A1)
  • R.D. Jayant, A. Chaudhary & R. Srivastava. Glucose biosensor system coupled with an anti-inflammatory module and methods for using the same. (19/MUM/2010)

Recent Publications (Selected from +35)

  • Nanoengineered sustained release magnetic formulation to mitigate effects of drug abuse in neuroAIDS. Jayant RD*#& Atluri V*, Tiwari S, Kaushik A, Yndart A and Nair M#. Drug Delivery (Accepted, In press Jan 2017) (# Corresponding author)
  • Development of tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) magnetic nanoformulation for regulation of synaptic plasticity in HIV-1 infection. Jayant RD* & Atluri V*, Pilakka-Kanthikeel S, Kaushik A, Yndart A and Nair M. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 2016, 11, 4287-4298 (*Equal authorship)
  • Current Status of human immunodeficiency virus vaccines. Jayant RD*#Sosa D*, Kaushik A, and Nair M. Vaccine Research Open Journal, 2016; 1(1): e3-e5. doi: 10.17140/VROJ-1-e002(*#Equal author Corresponding author)
  • Current status of non-viral gene therapy for CNS disorders.Jayant RD & Sosa D, Kaushik A, Vashist A and Nair M#. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2016, 13, 1433-1445DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2016. 1188802(Corresponding author)
  • Role of Biosensing Technology for neuroAIDS Management. Jayant RD and Nair M. Journal of Biosensors & Bioelectronics 7: e141. doi: 10.4172/2155-6210.1000e141, 2016(Corresponding author)
  • Nanotechnology for the treatment of NeuroAIDS.Jayant RD and Nair M. Journal of Nanomedicine Research, 3 (1), 00047, 2016 (Corresponding author)
  • Magnetically guided CNS delivery and toxicity evaluation of magneto-electric nanocarriers. Kaushik A*, Jayant RD, Nikkhah-Moshaie R, Bhardwaj V, Roy U, Huang Z, Ruiz A, Yndart A, Atluri A, El-Hage N and Nair M. Scientific Reports, doi:10.1038/srep25309, 2016
  • Getting into the Brain: Potential of nanotechnology in the management of NeuroAIDS. Nair M#, Jayant RD*#, Kaushik A, Sagar V. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 103, 202-217, 2016(Invited review, #Corresponding author)
  • Sustained-release nanoART formulation for the treatment of neuroAIDS. Jayant RD*#, Atluri V, Agudelo M, Sagar V, Kaushik A and Nair M#. International Journal of Nanomedicine 10, 1-17, 2015(# Corresponding author)
  • The potential of magneto-electric nanoparticles for drug delivery. Jayant RD* & Kaushik A*, Sagar V and Nair M. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 11(10),1635-1646, 2014 (* Equal authorship)

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Awards & Achievements

  • Recipient of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (MSE) TravelAward for AAPS Annual Meeting and Exposition, USA-2016
  • Recipient of Best Poster Award at 3rd Annual Society for Personalized NanoMedicine (SPMN) Meeting, USA-2016
  • Recipient of NIDA Travel Award at 1st AnnualChemistry and Pharmacology of Drug Abuse Meeting (CPDA)Meeting, USA-2016
  • Nominated by Department Chair for FIU Senate Faculty Award under “Excellence in Research and Creative Activities” category-2016
  • Recipient of Society for Brain Mapping & Therapeutics (SBMT)-Young Investigator Award at 13th Annual Meeting, USA-2016
  • Recipient of Early Career Investigator Travel Award for 21stSociety on Neuroimmune Pharmacology (SNIP) Meeting, USA-2015
  • Recipient of Outstanding Presentation Award (1st Prize) at 21stSociety on Neuroimmune Pharmacology (SNIP) Meeting, USA-2015
  • Recipient of Junior Research Investigator Award at 2ndSociety for Personalized NanoMedicine (SPMN) Meeting, USA-2015
  • Recipient of Manufacturing Science and Engineering (MSE) Travel Award for American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Annual Meeting and Exposition, USA-2011
  • Recipient of Wiley Best Poster Award (2nd Prize) at 20th LbL Meeting, France-2011
  • Recipient of Young Researcher International Travel Award at Bioencapsulation Research group (BRG) Annual Meeting- 2007 (Austria) & 2008 (Ireland)