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Bench research

My research focuses on polymer- and peptide-based biomaterials for a variety of biomedical applications, including antimicrobials, chemotherapeutic drug delivery, immunotherapy and cryopreservation. Currently Scientist, R&D at TUNISTRONG Technologies Inc., PE, Canada; previously Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) and the Atlantic Veterinary College (AVC). Author and co-author of 19 peer-reviewed research publications in journals including the International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals and the European Polymer Journal.

Skills and expertise
Biomaterials Applications
Polymer Chemistry
Antimicrobial Peptides
Drug Delivery
Mass Spectrometry
Polymer Science
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List of Publications

Sep 2025
Biotechnology and Bio-Engineering article page
Biotechnology and Bio-Engineering

Intrinsically Fluorescent Nano-Scaled Peptide Aggregates Upon Arginine to Citrulline Swap

Authors
Nauman Nazeer , Anupama Ghimire, Jan K. Rainey, William D. Lubell, Brian D. Wagner, Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1002/bit.70073
Publisher
Wiley
Published date
29th September 2025
Jan 2025
Injectable Biomaterials (book chapter) article page
Injectable Biomaterials (book chapter)

Chapter 6 - Peptide-based hydrogels

Authors
Nauman Nazeer , Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-443-16168-1.00006-4
Publisher
Elsevier
Published date
17th January 2025
Oct 2024
Pharmaceuticals 17, 1359 article page
Pharmaceuticals 17, 1359

Correction: Nazeer et al. Bacterial-Specific Aggregation and Killing of Immunomodulatory Host Defense Peptides. Pharmaceuticals 2021, 14, 839

Authors
Nauman Nazeer , Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Lecompte, Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.3390/ph17101359
Publisher
MDPI
Published date
October 2025
May 2024
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry article page
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Secondary Structure Stabilization of Macrocyclic Antimicrobial Peptides via Cross-Link Swapping

Authors
Nauman Nazeer , Navjote Kooner, Anupama Ghimire, Jan K. Rainey, William D. Lubell, Deniz Meneksedag-Erol, Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00005
Publisher
ACS Publications
Published date
21st May 2024
Sep 2021
Pharmaceuticals 14, 839 article page
Pharmaceuticals 14, 839

Bacterial-Specific Aggregation and Killing of Immunomodulatory Host Defense Peptides

Authors
Nauman Nazeer , Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Lecompte, Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.3390/ph14090839
Publisher
MDPI
Published date
11th October 2024
Nov 2021
Journal of Materials Chemistry B article page
Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Antibacterial activities of physiologically stable, self-assembled peptide nanoparticles

Authors
Nauman Nazeer , Jeffrey Simmons, Jan K. Rainey, Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1039/D1TB01864G
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry
Published date
21st November 2021
May 2021
British Poultry Science article page
British Poultry Science

Antimicrobial peptides as an alternative to relieve antimicrobial growth promoters in poultry

Authors
Nauman Nazeer , S. Uribe-Diaz, Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Lecompte, Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1080/00071668.2021.1919993
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Published date
14th May 2021
Jul 2019
European Polymer Journal article page
European Polymer Journal

Hydrophilic and salt responsive polymers promote depletion aggregation of bacteria

Authors
Nauman Nazeer , Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2019.07.033
Publisher
Elsevier
Published date
25th July 2019
2021
Comprehensive Glycoscience (book chapter) article page
Comprehensive Glycoscience (book chapter)

4.03 - Cationic Polysaccharides and Glycopolymers in Gene Therapy

Authors
Nauman Nazeer , Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-819475-1.00058-4
Publisher
Elsevier
Published date
2021
2020
Book chapter — polymers, biomaterials, implants, drug delivery article page
Book chapter — polymers, biomaterials, implants, drug delivery

Chapter 13 - Polymers in medicine

Authors
Nauman Nazeer , Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1016/B978-0-12-816806-6.00013-3
Publisher
Elsevier
Published date
2020
Nov 2024
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences article page
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Controlled self-assembly of macrocyclic peptide into multifunctional photoluminescent nanoparticles

Authors
Ranga Dissanayake, Nauman Nazeer , Zeyaealdin Zarei, Adnan Murad Bhayo, Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1016/j.xphs.2024.11.006
Publisher
Elsevier
Published date
16th November 2024
Jan 2022
ACS Applied Polymer Materials article page
ACS Applied Polymer Materials

Biomimetic and Hydrophilic Vitamin B5 Analogous Methacrylamide Polymers Prevent Surface Fouling

Authors
Diego Combita, Nauman Nazeer , Adnan Murad Bhayo, Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1021/acsapm.1c01505
Publisher
ACS Publications
Published date
14th January 2022
Jan 2020
International Journal of Pharmaceutics article page
International Journal of Pharmaceutics

Diatoms embedded, self-assembled carriers for dual delivery of chemotherapeutics in cancer cell lines

Authors
Anayet Kabir, Nauman Nazeer , Rabin Bissessur, Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.118887
Publisher
Elsevier
Published date
5th January 2020
Aug 2021
British Poultry Science article page
British Poultry Science

Folic acid enhances proinflammatory and antiviral molecular pathways in chicken B-lymphocytes infected with a mild infectious bursal disease virus

Authors
S. Uribe-Diaz, Nauman Nazeer , J. Jaime, D. S. Vargas-Bermúdez, A. Yitbarek, Marya Ahmed, J. C. Rodriguez-Lecompte
DOI
10.1080/00071668.2021.1958298
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Published date
31st August 2021
Aug 2025
ACS Applied Bio-Materials article page
ACS Applied Bio-Materials

Self-Assembled Peptide Nanoparticle-Mediated Macrophage Polarization Enhances Anticancer Efficacy of Chemotherapeutics in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Authors
Adnan Murad Bhayo, Samin Jahan, Nauman Nazeer , Mukhayyo Sultonova, Joao A. Paulo, J. Patrick Murphy, Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1021/acsabm.5c01243
Publisher
ACS Publications
Published date
21st August 2025
Nov 2025
ACS Omega article page
ACS Omega

Peptide-Functionalized Nanopillared Surfaces with Tunable Antimicrobial and Immunomodulatory Properties

Authors
Samin Jahan, Adnan Murad Bhayo, Haruki Uchida, Rui Ikeda, Diego Combita, Nauman Nazeer , Yohei Kotsuchibashi, Marya Ahmed
DOI
10.1021/acsomega.5c09250
Publisher
ACS Publications
Published date
10th November 2025
Jun 2020
Poultry Science — Immunology, Health and Disease article page
Poultry Science — Immunology, Health and Disease

Identification, tissue characterization, and innate immune role of Angiogenin-4 expression in young broiler chickens

Authors
Daniela Losada-Medina, Alexander Yitbarek, Nauman Nazeer , Santiago Uribe-Diaz, Marya Ahmed, Juan C. Rodriguez-Lecompte
DOI
10.1016/j.psj.2020.03.022
Publisher
Elsevier
Published date
June 2020
Jun 2020
Waste Management & Research article page
Waste Management & Research

Quantification of landfill gas generation and renewable energy potential in arid countries: Case study of Bahrain

Authors
Gulnur Coskuner, Majeed S. Jassim, Nauman Nazeer , Galbokka H. Damindra
DOI
10.1177/0734242X20933338
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published date
June 2020