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Pharmaceutical Science & Technology
This new volume, Cubosomes in Oncology: Targeted Drug Delivery, Theranostics, and Clinical Applications, explores the rapidly evolving role of cubosomes as versatile nanocarriers for advanced cancer diagnosis and therapy. Distinguished by their unique bicontinuous cubic architecture, interconnected aqueous channels, and lipid bilayers, cubosomes offer high drug-loading capacity and can efficiently encapsulate both hydrophilic and hydrophobic therapeutic agents. CONTENTS: About the Authors / Editors: Editors: S. M. Kawish, PhD Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Medical & Allied Sciences, K.R. Mangalam University, Gurugram, Haryana, India S. M. Kawish, PhD, is affiliated with the Department of Pharmaceutics in the School of Medical & Allied Sciences at K.R. Mangalam University, Gurugram, Haryana, India. He specializes in nanoformulation development for cancer therapy, with expertise in drug formulation, targeted delivery systems, and pharmacokinetics. His professional experience includes pharmaceutical research and development and pharmacovigilance. At Sentiss Pharma, he contributed to the development of a novel formulation designed to improve therapeutic efficacy and patient compliance and worked with multidisciplinary teams to advance projects from concept toward preclinical evaluation. Dr. Kawish has authored 22 peer-reviewed publications and presented 10 abstracts at national and international conferences. As of June 2026, his research had received 517 citations, with an h-index of 11 and an i10-index of 12. He also serves as a reviewer for several peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Kawish earned his PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (Pharmaceutics) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India. Maksood Ali , PhD Department of Pharmacognosy, Mangalayatan Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (MIPER), Mangalayatan University Beswan, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India Maksood Ali, PhD, is affiliated with the Department of Pharmacognosy at the Mangalayatan Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (MIPER), Mangalayatan University Beswan, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Ali has spent more than a decade at Jazan University under the Ministry of Higher Education, Saudi Arabia. His areas of specialization include pharmacognosy and phytochemistry, with research interests in natural products, traditional medicines, phytomedicines, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics. Dr. Ali has published 38 research papers in national and international journals, contributed five book chapters, and holds a patent related to drug formulation. He is coauthor of the Springer Nature books Scientific Explorations of Adhatoda vasica: An Asian Health Remedy and Fungi for Human Health: Current Knowledge and Future Perspectives. He has also served as a jury member and scientific resource person at international conferences. Dr. Ali graduated from Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, in 2004 and earned his PhD in 2012. His master’s studies were supported by a UGC Junior Research Fellowship secured through the GATE examination, in which he achieved a 95.03 percentile. Khalid Rehman Hakeem , PhD Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Professor of Life Sciences (Adjunct Prof.) Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Desh Bhagat University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab, India Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor of Biological Sciences at King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and Head of the Plant Biotechnology Research Unit at the Princess Dr. Najla Bint Saud Al Saud Center for Distinguished Research in Biotechnology. His research encompasses plant stress physiology, biotechnology, phytoremediation, medicinal plants, and mangrove conservation. He ranks first in Plant Science at KAU according to the AD Scientific Index and was listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier from 2021 through 2025. Professor Hakeem has authored more than 225 peer-reviewed research papers, 110 books, and 85 book chapters and holds a US patent. His scholarly work has received more than 16,500 citations, with an h-index of 69. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology, a Plantae Fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists, and a Fellow and General Secretary (2025–2028) of the International Engineering and Technology Institute. He received the 2025 IETI James Crabbe Award and International Research Excellence Medal. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of Current Botany, Plantation Technology, and Current Trends in Plant Physiology. Professor Hakeem earned his PhD in Botany (Plant Ecophysiology and Molecular Biology) from Jamia Hamdard, India, in 2011. Shwetakshi Sharma, PhD Assistant Professor, KIET School of Pharmacy, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India Shwetakshi Sharma, PhD, is Assistant Professor at KIET School of Pharmacy, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Her research interests center on advanced pharmaceutical sciences, particularly nanoparticle-based drug delivery and the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of anticancer drugs. Her work explores approaches to improving drug delivery and therapeutic performance through the application of nanotechnology and pharmaceutical research. Dr. Sharma has authored more than 10 peer-reviewed publications in reputed scientific journals, contributing research in drug delivery, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and cancer therapeutics. Her academic and research activities reflect a particular interest in the development and evaluation of nanoparticle-based systems for pharmaceutical applications. She earned her PhD from Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India. |
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