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Assistant Professor

Areas of specialization: Drug Delivery System

Experience:

1 year (Industrial Experience at Shiva Biogenetic Pharmaceutical Pvt. Ltd.),

5 years (Research Experience at CSIR-CDRI),

2 months (Academic Experience at NMIMS-Shirpur)

Interest areas: Novel Drug Delivery System, Neurodegenerative Disease, Cancer

Awards:

GPAT

NIPER-JEE

AICTE-NDF (National Doctoral Fellowship)

CSIR-GATE-JRF/SRF

MoMA (Ministry of Minority Affair-2018)

Books/Book chapters published:

  1. Rana R, Mishra K, Tripathi S, Yadav P, Tiwari AK, Yadav PK and Chourasia MK, Metallic nanoparticles for photodynamic cancer therapy, Nanophototherapy, Elsevier
  2. Tripathi S, Yadav P, Rana R, Chourasia MK, “Engineered Nanomaterials for Therapeutic Applications in Alzheimer’s Disease”, Application of Engineered Nanomaterials in Food and Drugs, Jenny Stanford Publishing (Under print)
  3. Tripathi, S., Mishra, K., Yadav, P., Rana, R. and Chourasia, M.K., 2025. Magnetically responsive and thermo-responsive vesicular carriers for improved drug delivery to tumors. InTumor-Targeting with Stimuli-Responsive Vesicular Nanocarriers (pp. 199-226). Academic Press.
  4. Yadav PK, Jaiswal S, Tripathi S, Mishra K, Rana R, Chourasia MK, Receptor-ligand based targeting approaches in breast cancer, Elsevier (Submitted for print)
  5. Tripathi S, Jaiswal S, Yadav P, Rana R, Chourasia MK, Stimuli-Responsive Micelles for Cancer Therapy, Advances in Stimuli-responsive Nanosystem for Cancer Therapy, Springer Nature (Submitted for print)
  6. Rana R., Jaiswal S, Sethi M, Tripathi S. Mishra K, Gupta P, Chourasia M.K. Concepts, types, and treatment strategies for neurodegenerative disorders. In Nanotherapeutics for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders, Elsevier (2026) (Submitted for print)
  7. Tripathi S., Jaiswal S., Rana R., Yadav P., Mishra K., Sethi M., Chourasia M.K.Nanotechnology Mediated Drug Delivery for Addressing Protein Aggregation. In Nanotherapeutics for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders, Elsevier (2026) (Submitted for print)
  8. Mishra K., Tiwari A.K., Chakradhar J.V.U.S., Sethi M., Pandey S.N., Rana R., Tripathi S., Chourasia M.K. Chaurasia M. Nanocarriers modulating fibrinolytic pathways for the treatment of various neurological disorders. InNanotherapeutics Targeting Neurodegenerative Disorders, Elsevier (2026) (Submitted for print)

Number of Publications: 22

Recent Publications: (Last three years):

  1. Rana, R., Tripathi, S., Mishra, K., Yadav, P.K., Yadav, P.N. and Chourasia, M.K., 2025. Neuronal Membrane-Coated Mesoporous Ceria Nanoparticles for Blood–Brain Barrier Crossing and Mitigation of Neurodegeneration.ACS Applied Nano Materials.
  2. Rana, R., Mishra, K., Tripathi, S., Gupta, A.K., Tiwari, A.K., Yadav, P.K., Kumar, A., Chakradhar, J.V.U.S., Singh, S., Verma, S. and Yadav, P., 2024. Simultaneous estimation of rutin and donepezil through RP-HPLC: implication in pharmaceutical and biological samples. Bioanalysis, pp.1-11.
  3. Rana, R., Kuche, K., Jain S., and K Chourasia, M. 2024. Addressing overlooked design considerations for nanoemulsions. Nanomedicine, pp. 1-19.
  4. Rana, R., Rani, S., Kumar, V., Nakhate, K.T., Ajazuddin and Gupta, U., 2021. Sialic acid conjugated chitosan nanoparticles: modulation to target tumour cells and therapeutic opportunities. AAPS PharmSciTech, 23(1), p.10.
  5. Tripathi S., Rana R., Chakradhar J., Mishra K., Jaiswal S., Sethi M., Tiwari A.K., Chourasia M.K., 2025. Simultaneous estimation of donepezil and quercetin using ultra high performance liquid chromatography: pharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic applications in Alzheimer’s disease. Bioanalysis. 17:1-11.
  6. Anjum, V., Rana, R., Chakradhar, J.V.U.S., Kedar, A.S., Mishra, K., Tripathi, S., Potoroko, I. and Chourasia, M.K., 2025. Network pharmacology and protective effect of HPLC-PDA validated flavonoid rich Carica papaya for the treatment of thrombocytopenia. South African Journal of Botany, 181, pp.356-366.
  7. Kumar, A., Rana, R., Saklani, R., Kumar, M., Yadav, P.K., Tiwari, A. and Chourasia, M.K., 2024. Technology transfer of a validated RP-HPLC method for the simultaneous estimation of andrographolide and paclitaxel in application to pharmaceutical nanoformulation. Journal of Chromatographic Science, 62(4), pp.356-363.
  8. Mishra, K., Rana, R., Tripathi, S., Siddiqui, S., Yadav, P.K., Yadav, P.N. and Chourasia, M.K., 2023. Recent Advancements in Nanocarrier-assisted Brain Delivery of Phytochemicals Against Neurological Diseases. Neurochemical Research, 48(10), pp.2936-2968.
  9. Sethi, M., Rana, R., Sambhakar, S. and Chourasia, M.K., 2024. Nanocosmeceuticals: Trends and Recent Advancements in Self Care. AAPS PharmSciTech, 25(3), p.51.
  10. Rani, S., Rana, R., Saraogi, G.K., Kumar, V. and Gupta, U., 2019. Self-emulsifying oral lipid drug delivery systems: advances and challenges. AAPS PharmSciTech, 20(3), p.129.
  11. Akif, U.M., Miyan, J., Rana, R., Moinuddin, Goswami, N.K., Tanzeela, Bhadauria, S. and Chourasia, M.K., 2023. Selective COX-2 Inhibitor Etoricoxib’s Liposomal Formulation Attenuates M2 Polarization of TAMs and Enhances its Anti-metastatic Potential. Pharmaceutical Research, 40(2), pp.551-566.
  12. Tiwari, A., Yadav, P., Shah, A.A., Rana, R., Yadav, P., Mishra, K., Tripathi, S., Kothuri, N., Verma, S., Kashyap, A. and Jaiswal, S., 2025. Designing pegylated dextran sheathed doxorubicin loaded iron nanoparticles against premenopausal breast cancer.International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 307, p.141874.
  13. Yadav, P.K., Saklani, R., Tiwari, A.K., Verma, S., Rana, R., Chauhan, D., Yadav, P., Mishra, K., Kedar, A.S., Kalleti, N. and Gayen, J.R., 2023. Enhanced apoptosis and mitochondrial cell death by paclitaxel-loaded TPP-TPGS1000-functionalized nanoemulsion. Nanomedicine, 18(4), pp.343-366.
  14. Yadav, P.K., Verma, S., Chauhan, D., Yadav, P., K Tiwari, A., Saklani, R., Gupta, D., Rana, R., Shah, A.A., Verma, S. and Naresh, K., 2024. Simultaneous estimation of paclitaxel and bortezomib via LC-MS/MS: pharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic applications. Nanomedicine, pp.1-16.
  15. Yadav, P.K., Saklani, R., Tiwari, A.K., Verma, S., Chauhan, D., Yadav, P., Rana, R., Kalleti, N., Gayen, J.R., Rath, S.K. and Mugale, M.N., 2023. Ratiometric codelivery of Paclitaxel and Baicalein loaded nanoemulsion for enhancement of breast cancer treatment. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 643, p.123209.
  16. Yadav, P.K., Tiwari, A.K., Saklani, R., Chauhan, D., Rana, R., Yadav, P., Mishra, K., Kedar, A.S., Wahajuddin, Gayen, J.R. and Chourasia, M.K., 2022. HPLC method for simultaneous estimation of paclitaxel and baicalein: pharmaceutical and pharmacokinetic applications. Bioanalysis, 14(14), pp.1005-1020.
  17. Tiwari, A.K., Yadav, P.K., Saklani, R., Rana, R., Alam, M.N. and Chourasia, M.K., 2023. Development and validation of simultaneous quantification method for gemcitabine and betulinic acid: augmenting industrial application. 3 Biotech, 13(8), p.267.
  18. Tiwari, A., Yadav, P.K., Shah, A.A., Mishra, K., Rana, R., Yadav, P., Tripathi, S. and Chourasia, M.K., 2025. Highly sensitive validated RP-HPLC–DAD method for simultaneous quantification of doxorubicin and docetaxel: augmenting industrial application. Accreditation and Quality Assurance, pp.1-16.
  19. Yadav, P., Yadav, P.K., Saklani, R., Tiwari, A.K., Singh, S., Shah, A.A., Verma, S., Rana, R. and Chourasia, M.K., 2025. Development of HPLC Method for Simultaneous Quantification of Doxorubicin and Baicalein Encapsulated in Unilamellar Liposomes.Separation Science Plus, 8(5), p.e70047.
  20. Jvus, C., Kothuri, N., Singh, S., Verma, S., Shafi, H., Reddy, D.S., Kedar, A., Rana, R., Mishra, K., Sharma, D. and Chourasia, M.K., 2024. A Quality by Design Approach for Developing SNEDDS Loaded with Vemurafenib for Enhanced Oral Bioavailability. AAPS PharmSciTech, 25(1), p.14.
  21. Mishra, K., Tripathi, , Tiwari A.K., Rana, R., Yadav, P. and Chourasia, M.K. Cerium-based nanoparticles for neurodegeneration: emerging redox therapeutics beyond pharmaceuticals
  22. Tripathi, S., Singh, R., Jaiswal, S., Sethi, M., Rana, R., Mishra, K., & Chourasia, M. K. (2026). Targeting Alzheimer’s pathophysiology with carbon dots: from mechanisms to therapy.Journal of Materials Chemistry B.

Professional memberships:

  • Student Member of Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA).
  • Student Member of International Society for extracellular Society (ISEV)

Other achievements/ Trainings:

  • Participated in the Flow Cytometry Workshop held in CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow (India) by Beckman Coulter Life Sciences, California (United States) on 23rd & 24th Aug, 2022.
  • Completed three-days Certificate Course on ‘Science and Technical Skill Development Programme in Animal Experimentation’ organized during 25-27 July, 2022 at Laboratory Animal Facility, CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow (India).
  • Completed one week workshop on Basic & Operation of N-Series system as a front end to Mass (LCMS-8050) conducted on 04 Aug, 2021 to 11 Aug, 2021 at Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetic Division CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow (India).

Official email ID: rafquat.rana@nmims.edu

Official Phone No.: 02563-295545, 131142 ( Ext.)