Jagdish Singh

Biography

Jagdish Singh is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at NDSU College of Pharmacy, North Dakota and a Fellow of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) and Fellow, Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy. Singh’s efforts focus on the mechanistic studies for developing and testing novel delivery technologies to deliver biotechnologically derived molecules (e.g., peptide, protein, and gene). US Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, PhRMA Foundation, and AFPE have funded my research. Singh has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers and 270 abstracts. Singh has supervised over 30 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, and over three dozen undergraduate and professional (Pharm.D.) research students. He has also served/ is serving on advisory committee of 25 graduate students in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Polymers and Coatings at NDSU. Singh believes in a good graduate program and derives pleasure in mentoring large number of graduate students, seeing them maturing as scientists and excelling in their employment after graduation. He was instrumental in developing and implementing the combined Pharm.D./Ph.D. program at NDSU College of Pharmacy.

Research Interest

I conduct mechanistic studies for developing and testing novel delivery technologies to deliver biotechnologically derived molecules (e.g., peptide, protein, and gene) for the treatment of diabetes, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases. The specific research interests are transdermal delivery of bioactive materials, conformational and chemical stabilization of proteins in delivery systems, delivery of therapeutic proteins and genes using microspheres and nanoparticles, nanomicelles, liposomes as well as synthesis and characterization of graft polymers for protein and gene delivery.