Mohiuddin Quadir
Associate Professor
- Office: BSBS, Room 250
- Email: mohiuddin.quadir@ucf.edu
- Phone: 407-823-3806
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BIOGRAPHY
Mohiuddin Quadir is an associate professor in the UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering. His research focuses on the design and synthesis of polymers for biomedical applications, including drug delivery, regenerative medicine and nanomedicine. His lab works to bridge polymer chemistry with life sciences to create functional biomaterials that address clinical challenges. Prior to joining UCF, he held research positions at North Dakota State University and completed his postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. in Organic Macromolecular Chemistry – Freie University
- M.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences – University of Dhaka
RESEARCH
- Polymer chemistry
- Self-organizing macromolecules
- Responsive biomaterials
- Nanoparticles for drug and molecular delivery technologies
- Artificial organelles
- Hazra RS, Dutta D, Khan MRH, Tani S, Abdullah CS, Remex NS, Aishwarya R, Islam T, Yang Z, Mallik S, Bhuiyan MS, Choi Y, Quadir M*. Mechanistic Underpinnings of Epigenetic Enzyme-Responsive Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Biomaterials. 2025 May 19;8(5):3845-3857.
- Khan MRH, Armstrong Z, Lenertz M, Saenz B, Kale N, Li Q, MacRae A, Yang Z, Quadir M*. Metal-Organic Framework Induced Stabilization of Proteins in Polymeric Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2024 Mar 27;16(12):14405-14420.
- Ray P, Sedigh A, Confeld M, Alhalhooly L, Iduoku K, Casanola-Martin GM, Pham-The H, Rasulev B, Choi Y, Yang Z, Mallik S, Quadir M*. Design and evaluation of nanoscale materials with programmed responsivity towards epigenetic enzymes. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2024 Oct 9;12(39):9905-9920.
- Vinzant K, Rashid M, Clouse DE, Ghosh P, Quadir M, Davis VA, Khodakovskaya MV. From Plants to Plants: Plant-Derived Biological Polymers as Sustainable and Safe Nanocarriers for Direct Delivery of DNA to Plant Cells. Nano Letters. 2025 Apr 9;25(14):5572-5581.
- Hazra RS, Dutta D, Mamnoon B, Nair G, Knight A, Mallik S, Ganai S, Reindl K, Jiang L, Quadir M*. Polymeric Composite Matrix with High Biobased Content as Pharmaceutically Relevant Molecular Encapsulation and Release Platform. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2021 Sep 1;13(34):40229-40248.
- Ray P, Dutta D, Haque I, Nair G, Mohammed J, Parmer M, Kale N, Orr M, Jain P, Banerjee S, Reindl KM, Mallik S, Kambhampati S, Banerjee SK, Quadir M*. pH-Sensitive Nanodrug Carriers for Codelivery of ERK Inhibitor and Gemcitabine Enhance the Inhibition of Tumor Growth in Pancreatic Cancer. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 2021 Jan 4;18(1):87-100.
*= corresponding author
- College of Arts and Science Research Award, 2025
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2023
- Gordon A. Larson Endowment, 2016 and 2017
- Misrock Foundation Fellowship, 2015
- DADD Scholarship, 2005 to 2008