Nishil Desai

Nishil Desai is an Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Bouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University. His academic career focuses on advancing drug delivery methodologies and pharmaceutical formulation science.

• PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA
• Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, Manipal University, India

Dr. Desai specializes in developing novel formulations for small molecules and macromolecules, with a particular emphasis on kinetic models to predict delivery efficacy. His work also extends to cosmeceutical product design and the study of stability/beyond use dates for extemporaneous compounded medications prepared by pharmacists.

He teaches core courses in pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmaceutical sciences, including Pharmaceutics 1 (PHSC 3411), Pharmaceutics 2 (PHSC 3412), Pharmaceutics Laboratory (PHSC 3419), Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics (PHSC3430), Principles of Pharmacology and Medicinal Chemistry I (PHSC 4501), and Foundations of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PHSC 5130).