Administrative Appointment/Director of Assessment

Dr. Gunaseelan is currently the Director of Assessment and Associate Professor at Texas A&M University (TAMU) College of Pharmacy. Prior to moving to TAMU College of Pharmacy, she served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler College of Pharmacy and West Coast University School of Pharmacy, California. She possesses 8 extensive years of research experience from Rutgers University School of Pharmacy, New Jersey. She also gained 2 years of research and teaching experience from Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, California. For the past 14 years she has been working on `Novel Drug Delivery Systems' for HIV Prevention & HIV and Cancer Therapeutics. At Rutgers University, New Jersey, she worked on NIH RO1 grant projects where her main focus was on `Polymer-Based Drug Delivery Technology for HIV & Cancer Therapeutics' while at Loma Linda University, California, she worked on NIH RO1 grant project specific to `Subliming Solid-Based Intravaginal Microbicide Delivery Technology for HIV Prevention'. Her research work resulted in 5 patents, 26 publications in high-impact journals and 32 presentations at national and international level. Her dedication towards research work at Rutgers University, New Jersey, led her to be a recipient of Merit Award for 3 consecutive years. She has been honored with a 'Certificate of Recognition' for her research presentation (podium) on "Novel Intravaginal Delivery of Antiretroviral-based Microbicides for HIV Prevention" at the 2015 World Drug Delivery Summit, Houston where she was an Invited Speaker. She received the '2016-2017 Research Award' and the '2017 Crystal Talon Award' from the University of Texas at Tyler for her scholarly accomplishments. She was also awarded the '2017 Teacher of the Year' at the University of Texas at Tyler College of Pharmacy (2017 AACP Teacher of the Year).