Wenqi "Kiki" Gai
Graduate student
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Wenqi (Kiki) obtained her Bachelors in Chemistry and Mathematics from University of Minnesota Twin Cities in 2021. She joined Dr. Sury's lab in September 2021. Her research focuses on frozen and freeze-dried systems. She likes jogging and animals.
Rahul Lalge
Graduate Student
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Rahul is a Ph.D. candidate in the Pharmaceutics program at UMN. His research is focused on understanding the interplay between nucleation and crystallization as a tool to develop amorphous solid dispersions. Rahul is interested in investigating various formulation and processing parameters that affect the product stability and performance. He believes that understanding these excipient nuances will be a tremendous benefit to the pharmaceutical community. As a part of his research training, he worked at GlaxoSmithKline, PA as a sterile products development intern in summer 2021. Before starting his Ph.D. studies, he graduated from the University of Mississippi (MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2018) and Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (B.Tech. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2016). LinkedIn
Jinghan "Tony" Li
Graduate Student
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Jinghan received his B.S. in Pharmaceutics from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (SPU) and M.S. in Pharmaceutics from Dr. Suryanarayanan's lab at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. His master's research focused on the design and characterization of amorphous pharmaceuticals using thermal, spectroscopy, and diffraction techniques. In 2021, he took an internship at the Material and Analytical Sciences (MAS) department at Boehringer-Ingelheim working on crystallization process design. His PhD work focuses on the design and characterization of frozen and freeze-dried protein formulations. Jinghan is a nature lover and also enjoys reading and movies.
Jayesh Sonje
Graduate student
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Jayesh obtained his Bachelors in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Pharmacy, University of Mumbai, India in 2012 and MS in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from New Jersey Institute of Technology, New Jersey in 2013. He has three years of industrial experience as a formulation scientist working on the development of solution, suspensions and lyophilized dosage forms at Riconpharma LLC, New Jersey and Akorn INC, Illinois. He joined Dr. Sury’s lab, Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Minnesota in Fall 2017 and completed his Master’s degree in May 2019. Jayesh continues to pursue PhD in Dr. Sury’s lab and his current research focuses on understanding the effects of excipient phase transformations on stability of proteins in frozen and freeze-dried systems.
N. S. Krishna Kumar, Ph.D.
Researcher 6
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N. S. Krishna Kumar obtained his Bachelors (Physics) from the University of Kerala and Masters (Physics) from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. He received Ph.D. in Physics from Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India in 2018. Experiment and modeling of dielectric relaxation of various disordered systems were objectives of his doctoral studies. He has worked as a research associate at the solid-state chemistry division of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India. He joined Sury lab in 2017 as Research Specialist and become Post-doctoral Associate in 2018. During this career transition, he is specifically involved in diverse collaborative industrial and academic projects related to pharmaceutical formulations and drug delivery applications. His current research involved predicting the stability of amorphous pharmaceutical systems and optimization of drug-excipient composition based on molecular mobility and chemical thermodynamics.
Bhushan Munjal, Ph.D.
Researcher 6
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Bhushan Munjal joined Sury lab in June 2019, as a Post-doctoral associate. Prior to this, he has worked in the Pharmaceutical Industry (Formulation Development Research division) for six years, translating knowledge from bench to manufacturing. His last association was with Fresenius Kabi Oncology Limited (India), as an Assistant Manager. He completed his PhD and Masters from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education & Research (India). His current area of interest includes lyophilization of small and large molecules, and utilization of material science approaches for solving formulation and process challenges. He has authored publications in the areas of lyophilization, drug delivery, and solid state pharmaceutics. He had also received Ranbaxy Science Scholar Award 2014 for his PhD dissertation entitled ‘Effect of Formulation and Processing variables on the solid form of APIs during lyophilization’.
Jody Tracy
Admin Associate 1
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Jody Tracy provides administrative support for Dr. Sury and the Sury Lab. She also works with Clinical Affairs and the Office of Experiential Education. In her free time she enjoys reading, walking, biking, rollerblading, and spending time with her husband, P.J. and their orange and white cat, Lola.