Ravin Narain
Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Alberta
Canada
Biography
Biography Ravin NARAIN, PhD/PEng, is Professor in the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta. He has published more than 120 articles in peer-reviewed journals and is the editor of three books namely Engineered Carbohydrate-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications (Wiley & Sons), Chemistry of Bioconjugates (Wiley & Sons) and Glycopolymers: Synthesis and Applications (Smithers & Rapra). He has also contributed more than 20 chapters in several books. Dr. Narain’s research examines nanomedicine and regenerative medicine, with an emphasis on developing new carbohydrate based biomaterials for drug and gene delivery for cancer therapy. In addition, he has an interest in interdisciplinary research and has extensive experience in developing innovative polymers, nanoparticles and nanofibers for advanced engineering applications.
Research Interest
polymer chemistry, biomaterials and nanotechnology.
Publications
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Recent development and biomedical applications of self-healing hydrogels Yinan Wang, Christian K. Adokoh & Ravin Narain, Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery (2017).
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Effective and Specific Gene Silencing of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors Mediated by Conjugated Oxaborole and Galactose-Based Polymers Diana Diaz-Dussan, Yasuhiro Nakagawa, Yi-Yang Peng, Leslie V. Sanchez , Mitsuhiro Ebara, Piyush Kumar, and Ravin Narain, ACS Macro Lett. 2017, 6, 768−774 ​
