10-07-2025
PU researcher receives Marie Curie Fellowship — valued at over Rs 3 crore
Bunty Sharma, a researcher from the SAIF/CIL Department, Panjab University, has been honoured with the prestigious Marie Curie Fellowship — a renowned European Union award, aimed at supporting advanced scientific research and training.
The esteemed post-doctoral fellowship — valued at over Rs 3 crore — will facilitate Sharma's pioneering work at the School of Pharmacy (19th QS world ranking), Queen's University Belfast in the UK, on microneedle array patches for skin cancer treatment through combinatorial therapy. Sharma joined the School of Pharmacy under the mentorship of renowned scientist Professor Ryan Donnelly and Lalit Vora.
Sharma's research project will focus on innovative diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer, using cutting-edge microneedle technology. The research promises to make significant strides in improving the methods of delivering cancer therapies, offering hope for more effective treatments.
His academic journey has been marked by several accolades. His commitment to scientific excellence continued during his PhD on metallocatanionic formulations for photodynamic therapy at the Department of Chemistry, Chandigarh PU, where he was awarded DST INSPIRE Fellowship. During his doctoral studies, he was awarded the Commonwealth Scholarship by the UK government, enabling him to conduct research at the School of Pharmacy (12th QS world ranking), University of Nottingham, UK.
At PU, he works as a project scientist-I at SAIF/CIL Department. He is from Dohak village, Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh.
