Om Perumal
Professor & Head
Pharmacy
South Dakota Petroleum Marketers
Russian Federation
Biography
Omathanu Perumal is a Professor and Head of Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at South Dakota State University. He has over 18 years of experience in developing new drug delivery systems. His group has developed natural protein based drug delivery platform for various drug delivery applications. In addition his group has developed novel topical and transdermal drug delivery approaches. Dr. Perumal has published close to 50 peer reviewed publications, and delivered over 100 presentations. He has four issued patents and two pending patent applications. Dr. Perumal is the founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Tranzderm Solutions Inc. He serves as the editor-in-chief of Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology (Impact factor: 5.338). He is the recipient of Patricia Walker Skin Cancer Research Award from Skin Cancer Foundation, F.O. Butler Award for excellence in research, Distinguished Researcher award and Intellectual Property & Commercialization award from South Dakota State University.
Research Interest
Drug Delivery, nanoparticulate Systems, Topical Drug Delivery, drug bioavailability and drug administration
