Rohit Ghan

Summary:

• Self-motivated, innovative, result-oriented, dynamic leader with experience in managing formulation and process development, design and development of products and drug delivery systems with excellent problem solving ability and communication skills.

Career Highlights:

• Certified as Project Management Professional (PMP) by Project Management Institute (PMI)
• Initiated, planned, and successfully executed product development strategy for re-formulation of major blockbuster drug for major pharmaceutical company for a $51 million market (South America)
• Independently managing projects involving formulation and process development of solid and liquid dosage forms generating $2 million in revenue annually
• Developed controlled release and immediate release solid oral dose formulations by using high-drug load pellets using a novel rotor pelletization process (CPS®Technology)
• Successfully employed fluid bed techniques such as top spray granulation and rotor pelletization to improve solubility of poorly soluble actives
• Collaborated with internal DEA expert to develop procedures for handling, processing, storing, and managing Controlled Drug Substances (CIII and CIV)
• Specialized in formulation development of sterile nasal spray solutions 
• Spearheaded design, development, and clinical testing of an ultrasound-mediated delivery device for transdermal/ topical delivery of high molecular weight drugs
• Developed and obtained approval from Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Phase I clinical trials
• Developed controlled release drug delivery systems using cellulosics, acrylics and hydrophilic polymers for various solid and liquid oral dosage forms.
• Specialized in Layer by Layer (LbL)/ Electrostatic Self Assembly (ESA) for nano-scale thin film deposition on flat and three dimensional substrates 
• Developed unique hot-melt granulation process for controlled release solid oral dosage form
• Formulated and validated novel drug delivery systems and investigated sustained release properties
• Engineered microcapsules for “bio-reactor” applications for bio-polymerization in situ.

Awards And Activities:

• R. Khillan, R. Ghan, Y. Lvov, Y.Su, “Layer-by-Layer (L-b-L) architecture of alternately assembled ultra-thin films of PEDOT-PSS/PPy to act as Hole Transport Layer (HTL) in Polymer Light Emitting Diodes (PLEDs) and Polymer Thin Film Transistors (TFTs)  judged “Best Polytronic 2004 paper”, 2004
• Recipient of Travel Award for South West Regional Meeting (SWRM) of American Chemical Society (ACS), 2004
• Recipient of Travel Award for Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Conference, 2003
• Recipient of “Best student award for excellence in scientific achievement”, 2002.