Durga Dharmadana

Dr. Durga Dharmadana is a Lecturer in Pharmaceutical Sciences at RMIT University's Health and Biomedical Sciences department, located at the Bundoora West campus. His research focuses on interdisciplinary areas including macromolecular chemistry, biochemistry, and nanotechnology, with applications in drug delivery, biomaterials, and biomedical engineering. He actively supervises research projects such as structural characterization of protein aggregates in biopharmaceuticals and the design of DNA-targeted nanoformulations.

• Research Interests: Amyloid formation, drug delivery systems, nanotechnology, protein aggregation mechanisms, and natural product pharmacology.
• Key Projects:
  • Structural Characterisation of Protein Aggregates in Biopharmaceutical Formulations
  • Rational design of biopharmaceutical formulations
  • Investigation of DNA-targeted nanoformulations for diagnostic imaging and therapy
• Contact: durga.dharmadana@rmit.edu.au

His work bridges fundamental science and applied technologies, with recent publications exploring neurodegenerative disease mechanisms, electrochemical material stability, and food nanotechnology innovations.