Applied Physical Pharmaceutics (Interfacial Phenomena, Surfactants, Colloids, Suspensions and Emulsions)
Micromeritics
Rheology
Solutions and suspensions
Topical delivery systems
Pharmaceutical Calculations
Nasal delivery systems
Research Interests:
Intranasal route for direct-to-brain delivery
Preformulation studies
Pharmaceutical formulation development and optimization (in-situ thermo-sensitive hydrogels, nano-emulsions and nanomicellar solutions)
Artificial neural networks
Selected publications:
Melamane S et al. Artificial neural network-based inference of drug target interactions, Nanotechnology Principles in Drug Targeting and Diagnosis, 2023
Witika BA et al. Lipid-Based Nanocarriers for Neurological Disorders: A Review of the State-of-the-Art and Therapeutic Success to Date, Pharmaceutics, 14 (4), 2022
Melamane S, Khamanga SMM, Walker RB. Formulation optimization of smart thermosetting lamotrigine loaded hydrogels using response surface methodology, Box Behnken design and artificial neural networks, Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 46 (9), 2020
