N. Nalluri has done B. Pharm and M. Pharm (Pharmaceutics) and obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Technology (Pharmaceutics) from Andhra University (2002). Dr. Buchi's research interests focus on

• Development of oral (solid and liquid) and topical (gels, ointment and creams) and transdermal dosage forms.
• Development of sublingual tablets.
• Design and development of novel drug delivery systems like controlled release transdermal patches and oral matrix tablet formulations etc.
• Dissolution and formulation (solid dosage forms) aspects of poorly water soluble drugs using cyclodextrins and solid dispersion technologies.
• Designing and carrying out studies such as solubility, pH rate profiles, drug-excipient interaction studies and solid state characterization of pharmaceutical solids using physicochemical techniques like DSC, Powder X-RD, SEM and HPLC.
• Taste masking techniques.
• Development of both conventional and controlled release dosage forms based on cyclodextrins.
• Development of microencapsulation and particulate (nanoparticles) drug delivery systems for small molecules.
• Development and validation of HPLC analytical techniques for new and generic drug molecules.
• Conducting stability studies for different formulations as per ICH guidelines.
• Exposed to working in GMP and GLP Environments and well versed with scale up and technology transfer aspects of different dosage forms.