With more than 20 years of teaching and research experience, Prof. Shahiwala is a Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Director-Research & Faculty Development unit at Dubai Pharmacy College for Girls. Prof. Shahiwala received his master's and a doctorate in pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical technology from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, INDIA, with high research output in novel drug delivery. His Postdoctoral Research at Northeastern University, USA, was explicitly focused on nanotechnology applications in drug delivery and drug targeting. Dr. Shahiwala has over seventy international publications in peer-reviewed journals with citations of > 5600 to his credit. He is an editor of six books and authored many book chapters with renowned publishers like Elsevier, CRC Press, and Springer Nature.
Dr. Shahiwala is editor-in-chief of the Madridge Journal of Analytical Sciences and Instrumentation, Madridge Journal of Pharmaceutical Research editor, and Guest Associate Editor for Biomedical Nanotechnology, Frontiers in Nanotechnology. He has been listed among the top 2% of scientists worldwide since 2020 as reported in PLOS Biology.
In addition to his academic experience, Prof. Shahiwala also received more than three years of experience in the Formulation and Development division of large-scale manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and provided industrial consultancies.