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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7279
Email
sumit.dadhwal@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Fellow
Research summary
Polymer chemistry, drug delivery and animal health formulations.

Research

My primary research interests are the development and evaluation of novel drug delivery platforms. I am particularly interested in developing targeted and disease-specific formulations to deliver bioactive molecules.

In my post-doctoral training, I worked as a formulation scientist for Elanco Animal Health (previously Bayer) and developed intramammary formulations for dairy cows.

I have extensive experience in small organic molecule synthesis, block co-polymer synthesis, engineering formulations for biopharmaceuticals, project management and pre-clinical studies.

As team leader (current role) of the Animal Health Formulations and Product Innovations group at the School of Pharmacy, I apply my synthesis, formulation, and drug delivery expertise to develop sustained-release veterinary formulations.

Publications

Rani, P., Dadhwal, S., Hook, S., & Gamble, A. B. (2022, November). Click-to-dissolve: Stimuli-responsive biopolymer-based thermoresponsive hydrogels for improved drug delivery. Verbal presentation at the School of Pharmacy Research Day, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Gamble, A., Dadhwal, S., Paterson, D. A., Rani, P., Fairhall, J., Fong, W.-K., & Hook, S. (2022, November). Stimuli-responsive polymers, polymeric particles, and hydrogels for drug delivery. Invited presentation at the New Zealand Controlled Release Society (NZCRS) Symposium, Auckland, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Lee, A., Dadhwal, S., & Gamble, A. (2022). Liposomes with cyclodextrin channels and polyethyleneimine (PEI) improves cytoplasmic vaccine delivery and induces anti-cancer immune activity in mice. Journal of Liposome Research, 32(1), 22-31. doi: 10.1080/08982104.2020.1831016 Journal - Research Article

Dadhwal, S., Lee, A., Goswami, S. K., Hook, S., & Gamble, A. B. (2021). Synthesis and formulation of self-immolative PEG-aryl azide block copolymers and click-to-release reactivity with trans-cyclooctene. Journal of Polymer Science, 59, 646-658. doi: 10.1002/pol.20210020 Journal - Research Article

Fairhall, J. M., Murayasu, M., Dadhwal, S., Hook, S., & Gamble, A. B. (2020). Tuning activation and self-immolative properties of the bioorthogonal alkene-azide click-and-release strategy. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 18, 4754-4762. doi: 10.1039/d0ob00936a Journal - Research Article

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