Mr. Sachin Thakkar
proffessor
University of Texas at Austin Texas
USA
Biography
Mr. Sachin Thakkar is currently at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA. He is currently working on a novel rapid freezing technology to prepare dry powder vaccines using aluminum salt as an adjuvant, to overcome its long lasting problem of aggregating upon freezing. He is also working on the mucosal delivery these powder vaccines to enable needle free immunization. Additionally, he is also working on understanding the mechanisms of the better adjuvant activity of the aluminum nanoparticles, and microneedle based transdermal nanoparticulate vaccine delivery systems. His research article was chosen as a cover story by the Journal of Controlled Release. He is also recipient of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) Graduate Student Research Award in Biotechnology, and American Association of Indian Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAiPS) Graduate Student Research Award 2016. He was also awarded Dean’s fellowship at the University of Texas at Austin. He serves as a student representative for the Manufacturing Science and Engineering section (MSE), and secretary for the Excipient Focus Group (EFG) at the AAPS organization. He is Reviewer for more than 10 different journals and is serving on editorial board for around 8 journals. He has authored some peer reviewed publications, invited book chapters and review papers as well.
Research Interest
• Vaccine formulation development • Immunology • Microneedle based vaccine delivery systems • Needle free immunization • Mucosal vaccines