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  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
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• Rajesh.Nair@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Dr. Rajesh obtained his B.Pharm and M.Pharm (2003) from Rajiv Gandhi University, India. Thereafter, he started his academic career in India. Later, he moved to Malaysia in 2007 and became associated with leading national and international universities. He completed his PhD in Pharmaceutics at the º£½ÇºÚÁÏ. Before joining as an Associate Professor at the School of Pharmacy, º£½ÇºÚÁÏ Malaysia, in November 2023, he served as an academic researcher at Monash University Malaysia. In recognition of his commitment in teaching, he has been honored with multiple teaching excellence awards. Dr.Rajesh's research interest is on the development of nanocarriers for drug delivery, particularly for topical and transdermal applications. He has a keen interest in the skin permeation and dermatokinetics of bioactive compounds using specific skin models such as full-thickness human skin, animal skin and synthetic membranes. Dr.Rajesh is open for research collaboration and willing to share his expertise for achieving remarkable research outcomes.

Expertise Summary

Development of nanoformulations for chronic diseases

Topical/Transdermal Drug Delivery

Development of cosmetic/nutraceutical formulations

Development of Oral Controlled Release Drug Delivery Systems

Drug disposition and Pharmacokinetics

HPLC/UHPLC method development and validation

Teaching Summary

PHAR1027- Pharmaceutics 1: Physicochemical Science and Medicines Design

PHAR2056- Pharmaceutics 2: Pharmaceutical Technology

PHAR2013- Biopharmaceutics

PHAR3032- Advanced Drug Delivery

PHAR1037- Dyspepsia

PHAR1038- Bacterial and Fungal Infections

Research Summary

Evaluation of Permeation Enhancers on Palm Oil Skin Permeation.

Microneedles for transdermal drug delivery.

Development and evaluation of phytonutrients loaded nanoformulations (Liposomes/Transethosomes) for enhanced therapeutic efficacy.

Development and evaluation of Nanostructured Lipid Carriers.

Recent Publications

• MOGHAL, ZUBAIR KHALID, RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, SAGHIR AKHTAR and NASHIRU BILLA, 2026. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 23(1), 83-87
• ZAMANI, FARAH NATASYA, NAJIHAH MOHD HASHIM, RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, PHUOC-VINH NGUYEN, SONNY KRISTIANTO, INTAN NURUL ANNISHA SUHAILI, NUR AFIFAH OTHMAN and SUI LING JANET, 2026. Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 29(3), 322
• SARATH C CHANDRAN, RAHUL K, ABHIJITH K, KRISHNAMEERA SAJAYAN, GOPIKA C, HIBA K, ZAKIR HUSSAIN and RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, 2026. Carbon Nanotubes for the Management of Lung Cancer.. In: , ed., In Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery Innovations in Lung Cancer Treatment CRC Press.
• RAHUL K, KRISHNAMEERA SAJAYAN, ABHIJITH K. SHAJI, GOPIKA NATH K, HIBA K, HIBA MUHAMMED and RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, 2026. Carbon nanotubes for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.. In: Nanotechnology-Based Innovations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Treatment and Management Academic Press. 267-296

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Past Research

Monash University Malaysia Cross-disciplinary research grant, Methotrexate Stability, Sterility and Shelf-Life in Prefilled Sample Syringe

Monash University Malaysia Pilot research grant, Linagliptin-Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carriers: Development, Optimisation and Stability Evaluation.

Formulation and Clinical Evaluation of natural compounds containing Skin Cleanser, Exfoliator and Toner

Extemporaneous stability studies of selected pharmaceutical formulations.

Formulation and Clinical Evaluation of natural compounds containing Shampoo and conditioner for Anti-hair fall and Anti-dandruff effects

• MOGHAL, ZUBAIR KHALID, RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, SAGHIR AKHTAR and NASHIRU BILLA, 2026. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. 23(1), 83-87
• ZAMANI, FARAH NATASYA, NAJIHAH MOHD HASHIM, RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, PHUOC-VINH NGUYEN, SONNY KRISTIANTO, INTAN NURUL ANNISHA SUHAILI, NUR AFIFAH OTHMAN and SUI LING JANET, 2026. Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences. 29(3), 322
• SARATH C CHANDRAN, RAHUL K, ABHIJITH K, KRISHNAMEERA SAJAYAN, GOPIKA C, HIBA K, ZAKIR HUSSAIN and RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, 2026. Carbon Nanotubes for the Management of Lung Cancer.. In: , ed., In Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery Innovations in Lung Cancer Treatment CRC Press.
• RAHUL K, KRISHNAMEERA SAJAYAN, ABHIJITH K. SHAJI, GOPIKA NATH K, HIBA K, HIBA MUHAMMED and RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, 2026. Carbon nanotubes for the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.. In: Nanotechnology-Based Innovations in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Treatment and Management Academic Press. 267-296
• GOH, KHANG WEN, JI, JIE, PHANG, HIU CHING, GU, XIAN, NAIR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN, WEI, XIAOHUI, ANSARI, MOHAMMED TAHIR and LIEW, KAI BIN, 2025. Progress In Microbes & Molecular Biology. 8(1),
• RAHUL KUNDOOLITHODI, SARATH CHANDRAN CHANDRASHEKAR SHENOY, ASWATHI PILAKKAL PARAMBIL, HIBA KUNNUMMAL, ABHIJITH K. SHAJI, RESHMA KURINGIMMAL, MINIL MUKUNDAN, SREEJITH KARTHIKA RAMACHANDRAN, RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, ALAN RAJ, GOPIKA NATH CHEERAKUZHI and ANGEL TREASA ALEX, 2025. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology. 0(0), 1-24
• RAHUL K, SARATH CHANDRAN C, ASWATHI P․P․, HIBA K, ABHIJITH K․ SHAJI, RESHMA K, MINIL M, SREEJITH K R, RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR and ALAN RAJ, 2025. Next Research. 2(3), 100528
• GOH, KHANG WEN, JI, JIE, GU, XIAN, NAIR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN, YADAV, HEMANT KUMAR SINGH, KEE, PHEI ER, LEE, SIEW-KEAH, JANAKIRAMAN, ASHOK KUMAR, MING, LONG CHIAU and LIEW, KAI BIN, 2025. Progress In Microbes & Molecular Biology. 8(1),
• RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, NASHIRU BILLA and ANDREW P. MORRIS, 2025. AAPS PharmSciTech.
• RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, NASHIRU BILLA and ANDREW P. MORRIS, 2025. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology. 0(0), 1-11
• PAZHAYATTIL, AJAY BABU, MARZENA INGRAM, PRASANNA SAGAR, KISHORKUMAR KOTINI, ABHIJIT BODHE, MALLINATH HARWALKAR, SATISH JOSHI, SUBRATA CHAKRABORTY, RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR and AHMED SHAABAN ELSAID, 2025. PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology.
• LOKESH BVS, RAJESH SN, HASHIM NBM and SHIN GSM, 2025. Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition.
• MD ALIMODDIN, S. JAYAKUMARI, BUTOOL FATIMA, NADEEM HASAN, SADAT ALI, FARHEEN SAMI, MD SAJID ALI, RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR and MOHAMMED TAHIR ANSARI, 2024. Journal of Herbal Medicine. 48, 100935
• GLOVANNA MULENGA, TEEJAN AMEER, FARHEEN SAMI, SHAHNAZ MAJEED, MD SAJID ALI, JANICE LO JIA LE, CAROL LEE QHAI RHU, RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, NADEEM HASAN and MOHAMMED TAHIR ANSARI, 2024. AAPS PharmSciTech.
• SWATHY, K. K., SARATH CHANDRAN, C., MUKUNDAN, MINIL, SREEJITH, K. R., SOURAV, K., JAFNA, M. C., MUKUND, ABHILA V., KAPPALLY, SHIJINA, NAIR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN and JOSEPH, JIM, 2023. Experimental Parasitology. 251, 108550
• RAJ, ALAN, DUA, KAMAL, NAIR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN, SARATH CHANDRAN, C. and ALEX, ANGEL TREASA, 2023. Chemistry and Physics of Lipids. 255, 105315
• MATHEW, AM, BHUVANENDRAN, S, NAIR, RS and K RADHAKRISHNAN, A, 2023. F1000Research. 12(338),
• KK, SWATHY, C, SARATH CHANDRAN, K, SOURAV, KR, SREEJITH, MC, JAFNA, PN, SAJITH KUMAR, KAPPALLY, SHIJINA, NAIR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN and JOSEPH, JIM, 2023. South African Journal of Botany. 154, 46-55
• RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, DINESH SANGARRAN, DEBABRATA PANDA and HABIBUR RAHMAN, 2023. Nanodelivery of Bioactive Food Components in Chronic Diseases. In: Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals for Chronic Diseases CRC Press.
• LINA A. AL-ANI, IBRAHIM KHALIL, ANDLEEB KHAN, RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR and SYAM MOHAN, 2023. Curcumin as a functional food in cancer. In: SHIMA ABDOLLAHI, SYAM MOHAN and YASHWANT V. PATHAK, eds., Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals for Chronic Diseases CRC Press.
• NAIR, RAJESH S, BILLA, NASHIRU and MORRIS, ANDREW, 2022. A validated reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) method for the quantification of gamma-tocotrienol in tocotrienol rich fractions of crude palm oil: Current Nutrition & Food Science Current Nutrition & Food Science. 18(1), 75-81
• NAIR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN, BILLA, NASHIRU, MOOI, LIM YANG and MORRIS, ANDREW P., 2022. Pharmaceutical Development and Technology. 27(1), 72-82
• LOK, K. H., WAREHAM, N. J., NAIR, R. S., HOW, C. W. and CHUAH, L. H., 2022. Pharmacol Res. 180, 106237
• FAIRUZ, SHADREEN, NAIR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN and BILLA, NASHIRU, 2022. Orally Administered Amphotericin B Nanoformulations: Physical Properties of Nanoparticle Carriers on Bioavailability and Clinical Relevance: Pharmaceutics Pharmaceutics. 14(9), 1823
• SREEDHARAN NAIR, R., RAHMAN, H., KONG, M. X., TAN, X. Y., CHEN, K. Y. and SHANMUGHAM, S., 2021. Turk J Pharm Sci. 18(3), 352-359
• NAIR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN, BILLA, NASHIRU, LEONG, CHEE-ONN and MORRIS, ANDREW P., 2021. Pharmaceutical Development and Technology. 26(2), 243-251
• I. SINGH, R.S. NAIR, S. GAN, V. CHEONG and A. MORRIS, 2019. Pharmaceutical Development and Technology. 24(4), 448-454
• NAIR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN, MORRIS, ANDREW, BILLA, NASHIRU and LEONG, CHEE-ONN, 2019. AAPS PharmSciTech. 20(2), 69
• MANICKAM, BALAMURUGAN, SREEDHARAN, RAJESH and CHIDAMBARAM, KUMARAPPAN, 2019. Current Drug Therapy. 14(3), 192-209
• SINGH, INDERJEET, NAIR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN, GAN, SUYIN, CHEONG, VICTOR and MORRIS, ANDREW, 2019. Pharmaceutical Development and Technology. 24(4), 448-454
• NAIR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN, MORRIS, ANDREW, BILLA, NASHIRU and LEONG, CHEE-ONN, 2019. AAPS PharmSciTech. 20(2), 69
• RAJU Y, PRASANNA, N, HYNDAVI, CHOWDARY V, HARINI, NAIR, RAJESH S., BASHA D, JAMAL and N, TEJESWARI, 2017. Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine, and Biotechnology. 45(8), 1539-1547
• SREEDHARAN NAIR, RAJESH and NAIR, SUJITH, 2015. Permeation Studies of Captopril Transdermal Films Through Human Cadaver Skin: Current Drug Delivery Current Drug Delivery. 12(5), 517-523
• TAN WEE NIE, MOHAMED SALEEM ABDUL SHUKKOOR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, FATIMAH KHURSIAH BINTI AMIRUDDIN and SHAMALA RAMASAMY, 2015. Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology. 26(1), 35-41
• MANICKAM, BALAMURUGAN, SREEDHARAN, RAJESH and ELUMALAI, MANOGARAN, 2014. ‘Genipin’ – The Natural Water Soluble Cross-linking Agent and Its Importance in the Modified Drug Delivery Systems: An Overview: Current Drug Delivery Current Drug Delivery. 11(1), 139-145
• NAIR, RAJESH SREEDHARAN, LING, TAI NYET, ABDUL SHUKKOOR, MOHAMED SALEEM and MANICKAM, BALAMURUGAN, 2013. Journal of Pharmacy Research. 6(7), 774-779
• BEHIN SUNDARA RAJ, SHANTHI, RAJESH SREEDHARAN NAIR, PUNITHA ISAAC SAMRAJ, VIDYA, 2013. Formulation and Evaluation of Coated Microspheres for Colon Targeting ement: 1.