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Assistant Professor Dr Marwan Abdelmahmoud Abdelkarim Maki
Head of Programme, Bachelor of Formulation Science (HONS) | Department of Pharmaceutical Technology
Academic Qualifications
PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Master of Sciences in Pharmaceutical Technology
Bachelor of Clinical Pharmacy
Areas of Interest
Sudan Medical Council life member
Current research project (PI/Co-PI) | Grants | Collaboration | Status |
Fabrication and evaluation of ferulic acid-enriched chitosan-based in situ hydrogels reinforced with chondroitin sulphate for cellular regeneration. | Research Excellence and Innovation Grant (REIG) by UCSI University | Üsküdar University, Turkey | On-going |
Development and evaluation of oral gel (sachet) containing poly herbal TC-16-loaded nanostructured nanocarrier for uterine fibroids. | Research Excellence and Innovation Grant (REIG) by UCSI University | Saveetha University, India | On-going |
| Carbon quantum dots (CQDs) from curuma aromatica: Green synthesis and in vitro characterisation | Research Excellence and Innovation Grant (REIG) by UCSI University | Presidency University, India | On-going |
Supervision:
PhD students (current)
Ayesha Siddiqua
Farah Abdulhessein Shakir
Fatimah Ahmed Challoob
PhD students (completed)
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Master students (current)
Cao Menghan
Wu Yan
Master students (completed)
Marwan Salem Bahaj
Undergraduate students (current)
Tan Zhen Yeow
Undergraduate students (completed)
Felix Tye Kai Ler
Chua Jie Xi
Audrey Phan Sing Yu
Tan, K.F., Chia, L.Y., Maki, M.A., Cheah, S.C., In, L.L., Kumar, P.V (2025). Gold nanocomposites in colorectal cancer therapy: Characterisation, selective cytotoxicity and migration inhibition. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology. Jan 29:1-29.
Al-Sahlawi, F., Alabdali, A.Y., Chinnappan, S., Al-Samydai, A., Maki, M.A. (2024). Polymer-based nanoparticles in targeted cancer therapy: A review. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science. Sep 5;14(9):057-68.
Bahaj, M.S., Maki, M.A., Rao, K.S., Kumar, P.V. (2024). Progressive exploration on the influence of natural polymers and emerging biomaterials in advanced wound care strategies. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IJBB). Feb 20;61(3):127-44.
Maki, M.A., Teng, M.S., Tan, K.F., Kumar, P.V. (2023) Polyamidoamine-stabilised and hyaluronic acid-functionalised gold nanoparticles for cancer therapy. OpenNano. Sep 1;13:100182.
Chia, L.Y., Kumar, P.V., Maki, M.A., Ravichandran, G., Thilagar, S. (2022). A review: The antiviral activity of cyclic peptides. International Journal of Peptide Research and Therapeutics. Dec 1;29(1):7.
Tee, Y.N., Kumar, P.V., Maki, M.A., Elumalai, M., Rahman, S.A., Cheah, S.C. (2021). Mucoadhesive low molecular chitosan complexes to protect rHuKGF from proteolysis: In-vitro characterisation and FHs 74 int cell proliferation studies. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology. Jun 1;22(7):969-82.
Maki, M.A., Kumar, P.V., Elumalai, M., Bayazeid, O. (2021). In silico-based approach to investigate the ability of PEGylated rapamycin to inhibit galectin-3. Current Drug Discovery Technologies. May 1;18(3):451-6.
Maki, M.A., Cheah, S.C., Bayazeid, O., Kumar, P.V. (2020). Cyclodextrin inclusion complex inhibits circulating galectin-3 and FGF-7 and affects the reproductive integrity and mobility of Caco-2 cells. Scientific Reports. Oct 15;10(1):17468.
Maki, M.A., Elumalai, M., Ahamed, H.N., Kumar, P.V. (2020). Design a lymphatic specific delivery system of rHuKGF in rats and assessment of intestinal lymphatic uptake. Biomed. Eng. Int. 2:0066-74.
Kumar, P.V., Maki, M.A., Yeong, S. W., Lee, M. T., Elumalai, M., Cheah, S.C., Raghavan, B., Majeed, A.B. (2019). Rabbit as an animal model for pharmacokinetics studies of enteric capsule contains recombinant human keratinocyte growth factor loaded chitosan nanoparticles. Current Clinical Pharmacology. Aug 1;14(2):132-40.
Theoretical and Natural Science
Merit Award, Malaysian Technology Expo, 2023.
Silver Medal, 31st International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition Malaysia, 2020.
Best oral presentation at the International Research Conference on Pharmaceutical and Allied Sciences (IRCPAS), Malaysia, 2020.
UCSI University Trust Graduate Assistantship, 2017.
Other achievements
External examiner (dissertation)
Master of Science. Development of multi-epitopes vaccine against 1 Human Papilloma Virus-16using the l1 and l22 proteinsas immunogens. National University, Sudan.
Master of Science. An in-silico technique: Prediction of unknown protein structure from sequences by homology. National University, Sudan.
Master of Science. In-silico analysis of multidrug efflux pump RND family MexA MexB proteins encoded by the pseudomonas aeruginosa NUBRI-P strain genome. National University, Sudan.
Master of Science. An in-silico technique: Prediction of unknown protein structure from sequences by homology. National University, Sudan.
Master of Science. A novel multi-epitope vaccine candidates against Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus from the envelope and gag proteins: An in-silico approach. NationaL University, Sudan.
