Marya Ahmed
Personal Website: http://www.ahmedlab.ca
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Chemical and Materials Engineering Dept
- marya4@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-6733
- Address
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DICE 12-390 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 StEdmonton ABT6G 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.
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