Deep KwatraDeep Kwatra received his interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences andMolecular Biology & Biochemistry in 2011 from the University of Missouri-KansasCity. He is currently pursuing a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of KansasMedical enter in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology. He isalso a pharmacist by training with a Bachelors of Pharmacy from Smriti College ofPharmaceutical Education in Indore, India. Over the past decade he has worked extensivelytowards development of in vitro cell culture models for better prediction of bioavailabilityof drugs and formulations. He has also developed prodrugs specificallytargeted towards influx transporters on the eye for more efficient ocular drug delivery.Additionally, he has collaborated with many labs working on enhancing delivery ofsmall molecules and biologics to the eye. He has published more than 20 peer-reviewedscientific research and review articles in high-impact international journals. He has alsocontributed to many books focused on different aspects of drug delivery. He has presentedmore than 50 abstracts at scientific meetings, including the annual AmericanAssociation of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS), The Association for Research inVision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), and American Association of Cancer Research(AACR) conferences. He was awarded the Young Investigator Award by the AmericanAssociation of Indian Scientists in Cancer Research Foundation at the AACR 2012annual meeting. Read More Read Less