Professor and Chair
Mercer University
Dr. Ajay K. Banga is Professor and Department Chair in the College of Pharmacy, Mercer University, in Atlanta, GA. He also holds an Endowed Chair in transdermal delivery systems, and serves as co-Director for the Center for Drug Delivery Research. He has mentored 40 Ph.D. students as their major advisor and his laboratory has been funded by over 100 grants/contracts from pharmaceutical and cosmetic companies, and by federal funds. He has published over 165 manuscripts and has given over 90 invited lectures. He is a Fellow of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists. Dr. Banga has a Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences from Rutgers University, NJ, and he has served as a consultant to over 25 companies on skin delivery systems.