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Dharmendra Neupane

Dharmendra Neupane

Chemistry, PhD

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Silver Spring, MontgomeryMember since March 19, 2025
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About

Innovative and detail-oriented chemist and research scientist with a PhD in Chemistry and over three years of postdoctoral experience at the FDA, specializing in vaccine development, nanotechnology, and biomolecular characterization. Expertise in glycoengineered outer membrane vesicles, nanoporous gold-based drug delivery, and glycoconjugate vaccine development. Strong background in nanofabrication, spectroscopy, chromatography, biosensing, electrochemical techniques, and immunoassays .

Experience

As a Postdoctoral Researcher at the FDA (2021–2024), led projects on polysaccharide-based therapeutics, optimizing vaccine formulations, and developing analytical methods for biomolecules characterization. Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Missouri–St. Louis (2015–2020), conducted cutting-edge research in nanoporous gold-based drug release, glycoscience, and molecular self-assembly, contributing to multiple peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations.

Education

PhD in Chemistry – University of Missouri–St. Louis, USA (2020)

Dissertation: Applications of Nanoporous Gold to Drug Release and Glycoscience

MS in Physical Chemistry – University of Missouri–St. Louis, USA (2018)

MSc in Physical Chemistry – Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2012)

BSc in Chemistry – Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2006)

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