Ezharul Hoque  Chowdhury Author of Evaluating Organization Development
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Ezharul Hoque Chowdhury

Associate professor
MONASH University

Dr. Ezharul H. Chowdhury is currently holding an Associate Professor position and a cluster leader of 'Biomedical Engineering' under Advanced Engineering Platform (AEP) at MONASH University (Sunway Campus). He has pioneered the development of a range of pH-sensitive inorganic nanoparticles as smart tools for efficient and targeted intracellular delivery of genetic materials, gene-silencing elements, proteins and classical anti-cancer drugs for treatment of cancer and diabetes.

Biography

Dr. Ezharul H. Chowdhury is currently holding an Associate Professor position and a cluster leader of 'Biomedical Engineering' under Advanced Engineering Platform (AEP) at MONASH University (Sunway Campus). Prior to this appointment, he was a Senior Lecturer at International Medical University (IMU) since September 2008 and an independent Assistant Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) as well as a Visiting Professor at Shizuoka Cancer Center Institute since 2006. He was awarded with 'Doctor of Engineering' in 2003 by Tokyo Tech where he also carried out a post-doctoral study and subsequently, served as a team leader. He has pioneered the development of a range of pH-sensitive inorganic nanoparticles as smart tools for efficient and targeted intracellular delivery of genetic materials, gene-silencing elements, proteins and classical anti-cancer drugs. He is currently applying this smart nanotechnology for the treatment of cancer, particularly breast carcinoma, and diabetes. His team is now conducting pre-clinical trials with some interesting nano-formulations of classical anti-cancer drugs, therapeutic gene(s) and anti-sense RNAs (siRNAs). His research team is thus one of the leading groups in the world, having original and unique contributions in this multidisciplinary field. Currently he is supervising 8 PhD students and 1 Master student. His research projects have so far been funded internally through institutional grants as well as externally by the Japanese Government's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology (MEXT), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) and Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). He works as editorial board members for 5 international journals. His outstanding contributions have so far produced over 65 publications in the international journals of high repute.

Areas of Research / Professional Expertise

    Employment History
    02/2011- 08/2013: Senior Lecturer, Monash University (Sunway Campus)
    09/2008- 01/2011: Senior Lecturer, International Medical University
    12/2006- 08/2008: Assistant Professor (Independent), Tokyo Institute of Technology
                  : Visiting Professor & Lab Chief, Shizuoka Cancer Center Research Institute
    4/2006- 11/2006: Researcher & Group Leader, Tokyo Institute of Technology
                : Visiting Researcher & Lab Chief, Shizuoka Cancer Center Research Institute
    4/2004- 3/2006: Research Fellow of JSPS, Tokyo Institute of Technology
    10/2003-3/2004: Post-doctoral Researcher, Tokyo Institute of Technology

    Academic Awards
    1. 2000-2003: Monbusho (Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture) Scholarship, the most honorable scholarship in Japan
    2. 2004-2006: JSPS Fellowship, the most prestigious post-doctoral fellowship in Japan
    3. Outstanding oral presentation award at ICBME held in Singapore (2005)
    4. Tejima Memorial Prize of Japan (2007)
    5. Monash Pro-Vice Chancellor (PVC) Award for Excellence in Research (2011)
    6. Monash Pro-Vice Chancellor (PVC) Award for Excellence in Research (2012)
    7. Monash Pro-Vice Chancellor (PVC) Award for Excellence in Research (2013)
    8. Gold Medal in 27th International Invention & Innovation Exhibition (ITEX) (2016)

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