Dedeepya Pasupuleti
Education and Training
B.Pharm. Sri Padmavathi Mahila Viswa Vidyalayam Tirupathi, India
M.S. New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico
Ph.D. Mercer University Atlanta, Georgia
Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy
Teaching Interests
Dr. Pasupuleit鈥檚 teaching interests include various topics in Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, such as formulation and drug delivery systems, biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics etc.
Scholarly Interests
Dr. Dedeepya Pasupuleti鈥檚 research focuses on nanotechnology, immunopharmaceutical science, breast cancer studies and analytical chemistry. Her research includes development of polymeric microparticulate and nanosphere-based vaccine delivery and targeted drug delivery systems. These are tailored for non-invasive administration routes, including microneedles, buccal films, and 3D-printed oral dissolving films. Her studies involve evaluation of vaccine efficiency via in vitro assays for antigen presentation and T-cell activation, as well as in vivo evaluation of humoral and cellular immune responses in mice. She also explores brain-targeted drug delivery using nanoparticle-encapsulated therapeutics for small molecule drugs. She also works on trace analysis with instrumentation such as liquid chromatography鈥搕andem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), differential mobility spectrometry (DMS), and gas chromatography, development of advanced ion filtering techniques and stabilization of compensation voltages to improve resolution and reproducibility in ambient pressure ion mobility systems. In addition, as a member of Rho Chi, she actively contributes to mentorship and teaching while exploring innovative pedagogical strategies in pharmacy education. Her work reflects a broad commitment to precision medicine, advanced analytical instrumentation, and translational science education.
Selected Publications
路 Pasupuleti D, Bagwe P, Ferguson A, Uddin MN, D鈥橲ouza MJ, Zughaier SM. Evaluating Nanoparticulate Vaccine Formulations for Effective Antigen Presentation and T-Cell Proliferation Using an In Vitro Overlay Assay. Vaccines. 2024; 12(9):1049. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12091049
路 Pasupuleti D, Tro N, and Rita N. 鈥淥nline Cancer Genomics Databases Provide Teaching Resources For Pharmacy Education.鈥� American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, September 10, 2021, 8683.https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe8683.
路 Adediran, E.; Arte, T.; Pasupuleti, D.; Vijayanand, S.; Singh, R.; Patel, P.; Gulani, M.; Ferguson, A.; Uddin, M.; Zughaier, S.M.; et al. Delivery of PLGA-Loaded Influenza Vaccine Microparticles Using Dissolving Microneedles Induces a Robust Immune Response. Pharmaceutics 2025, 17, 510. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics17040510
路 Eiceman, G.A., G. Lee, M. Menlyadiev, P.E. Fowler, D. Pasupuleti, S. Holopainen, U. Chiluwal, and H. Shokri. 鈥淭andem Mobility Spectrometry at Ambient Pressure.鈥� In Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry, 83:23鈥�50. Elsevier, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.coac.2018.11.002.
路 Pasupuleti D, Gary A. Eiceman, and Karisa M. Pierce. 鈥淐lassification of Biodiesel and Fuel Blends Using Gas Chromatography 鈥� Differential Mobility Spectrometry with Cluster Analysis and Isolation of C18:3 Me by Dual Ion Filtering.鈥漈alanta 155 (August 2016): 278鈥�88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2016.04.044.
路 Pasupuleti, D., K. Pierce, and G.A. Eiceman. 鈥淕as Chromatography with Tandem Differential Mobility Spectrometry of Fatty Acid Alkyl Esters and the Selective Detection of Methyl Linolenate in Biodiesels by Dual-Stage Ion Filtering.鈥� Journal of Chromatography A 1421 (November 2015): 162鈥�70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2015.09.017
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Selected Recent Presentations
路 Pasupuleti, D.; 鈥淎 Rapid High Through-Put Immune Mimicking Platform for Vaccine Evaluation鈥� Rapid Fire Presentation; Pharm Sci 360 (AAPS) 2024; October 2024, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
路 Pasupuleti, D.; Ferguson, A.; Bagwe, P.; Zughaier, S.; D鈥橲ouza, M.J.; 鈥淎 cell-to-cell contact immune system mimicking in vitro overlay assay: Evaluating nanoparticle vaccine formulations for adaptive immunity responses鈥� Pharm Sci 360 (AAPS) 2024; October 2024, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
路 Pasupuleti. D.; D鈥橲ouza. M.; Ferguson. A.; Adediran. E.; & D鈥橲ouza, M. J.; Pioneering the Targeted Brain Delivery of Aspirin to Elicit COX-1&2 Inhibition, Protecting from Ischemic Stroke And Neurodegeneration, Pharm Sci 360 (AAPS) 2024; October 2024, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
路 Pasupuleti, D.; Zughaier, S.; D鈥橲ouza, M.J.; 鈥淒evelopment of a rapid high throughput immune mimicking assay for nanoparticulate vaccine evaluation鈥� American Chemical Society, SERMACS, 2024; October 2024, Atlanta, GA, USA.
路 Pasupuleti, D.; D鈥橲ouza Marissa; D鈥橲ouza, M.J.; 鈥淓nhancing targeted drug delivery to the brain: Development of Microfluidics-assisted sustained release nanoparticulate system for
Aspirin and characterization using LC-MS/MS鈥� American Chemical Society, SERMACS, 2024; October 2024, Atlanta, GA, USA
Awards and Honors
路 Winner, 1st place, Monroe F. Swilley, Jr. Student Research Award, Mercer University, March 2024.
路 Winner COP-SOM Joint Research Conference, Mercer University, October 2023.
路 Winner of Anthony Shumer Scientific Poster Awards 鈥� Georgia Bio Summit, November 1st, 2023.
路 Rho-Chi Honor Society – 2025
