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Marya Ahmed

Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Chemical and Materials Engineering Dept

Personal Website: http://www.ahmedlab.ca

Contact

Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Chemical and Materials Engineering Dept
Email
marya4@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-6733
Address
DICE 12-390 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 St
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Polymers peptide nanoparticles Immunomodulatory biomaterials antimicrobials anticancer Biomedical and Biochemical Engineering


Research

  • Antimicrobial peptides with applications in poultry industry
  • Immunomodulatory peptides nanoparticles as anticancer therapeutics for triple negative breast cancer
  • Antifouling polymers and nanoparticles as stabilizers and cryoprotective agents
  • Polymeric scaffolds for biopesticide formulation and delivery


Courses

CH E 581 - Biocataysis and Bioreactors

Analysis and design of bioreactors. Characterization, Mechanisms and models of biocatalysis by cultures, whole cells and enzymes. Design and modification of biocatalytic systems. Introduction to the concepts of metabolic and enzyme engineering. Lab or simulated lab component. Prerequisites: CME 265 and BIOL 107


CME 481 - Colloquium I

Communication and oral presentations. Graded on a pass/fail basis. Prerequisite: 85 units completed or consent of instructor.


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Featured Publications

Catherine Doyle, Diego Combita, Matthew J. Dunlop, Marya Ahmed

Polymers. 2025 July; 10.3390/polym17152007


Vineet Kumar Mishra, Rheal Towner, Juan Carlos Rodriguez‐Lecompte, Marya Ahmed

ChemBioChem. 2025 July; 10.1002/cbic.202500242


Catherine Doyle, Marya Ahmed

Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 2025 March; 10.1002/marc.202400932


Ranga Dissanayake, Nauman Nazeer, Zeyaealdin Zarei, Adnan Murad Bhayo, Marya Ahmed

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2025 February; 10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.006


Rheal A. Towner, Marya Ahmed

The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 2024 July; 10.1124/jpet.124.002257


Miranda Steeves, Diego Combita, William Whelan, Marya Ahmed

The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 2024 July; 10.1124/jpet.123.001965


Rheal A. Towner, Ranga Dissanayake, Marya Ahmed

The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 2024 July; 10.1124/jpet.123.002016


Nauman Nazeer, Navjote Kooner, Anupama Ghimire, Jan K. Rainey, William D. Lubell, Deniz Meneksedag-Erol, Marya Ahmed

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 2024 June; 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00005


Taha Nazir, Marya Ahmed, Hameed A. Mirza, Nida Taha

Military Medical Science Letters. 2024 February; 10.31482/mmsl.2024.003


Samin Jahan, Catherine Doyle, Anupama Ghimire, Diego Combita, Jan K. Rainey, Brian D. Wagner, Marya Ahmed

Polymers. 2023 December; 10.3390/polym16010065


Ranga Dissanayake, Diego Combita, Marya Ahmed

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2023 October; 10.1021/acsami.3c10369


Ranga Dissanayake, Rheal Towner, Marya Ahmed

Cancers. 2023 May; 10.3390/cancers15112906


Rheal A. Towner, Nataliya Smith, Debra Saunders, Megan Lerner, Randy L. Jensen, James Battiste, Marya Ahmed, Jonathan D. Wren

Neuroglia. 2023 March; 10.3390/neuroglia4010006


Diego Combita, Randima Pamunuwegedara, Marya Ahmed

ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2023 March; 10.1021/acsapm.3c00168


Petra Larsen, Marya Ahmed

Nutrients. 2022 November; 10.3390/nu14224738


Petra Larsen, Marya Ahmed

Food Chemistry Advances. 2022 October; 10.1016/j.focha.2022.100013


Mahdis Sadat Tabatabaei, Rafiq Islam, Marya Ahmed

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 2022 March; 10.1007/s00216-021-03857-9


Diego Combita, Nauman Nazeer, Adnan Murad Bhayo, Marya Ahmed

ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 2022 January; 10.1021/acsapm.1c01505


Nauman Nazeer, Juan Rodriguez-Lecompte, Marya Ahmed

Pharmaceuticals. 2021 August; 10.3390/ph14090839


Nauman Nazeer, Jeffrey R. Simmons, Jan K. Rainey, Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Lecompte, Marya Ahmed

Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2021 January; 10.1039/D1TB01864G


Diego Combita, Marya Ahmed

Materials Chemistry Frontiers. 2021 January; 10.1039/D0QM00584C


Anayet Kabir, Marya Ahmed

ACS Applied Bio Materials. 2020 July; 10.1021/acsabm.0c00324


Anayet Kabir, Matthew J. Dunlop, Bishnu Acharya, Rabin Bissessur, Marya Ahmed

RSC Advances. 2018 January; 10.1039/C8RA07915C


Marya Ahmed

Biomaterials Science. 2017 January; 10.1039/C7BM00584A


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Research Students

Currently accepting undergraduate students for research project supervision.

Undergraduate and graduate students positions are available, please send your CV and transcript to marya4@ualberta.ca