Pinaki Majhi, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer and Head of R&D
Email pmajhi@dpharm.net
Office 401-723-5500 ext. 153
Pinaki joined the company in November 2014 as Director of R&D and Formulation. Pinaki has been instrumental in founding new R&D Division and CRO business and converting Denison from CMO to CDMO (Contract Development Manufacturing Organization). Pinaki is a highly experienced product development professional with strong background in pharmaceutical and colloid chemistry (20+ years of combined research and product development experience in US, Germany, and India). He has expertise in product development (concept-to-launch) including pre-formulation, formulation design & optimization, and scale-up of topical, oral, ophthalmic, and personal care products; Skilled in formulation and characterization of semi-solid, suspension, and liquid dosage forms and designing novel drug delivery/platform technologies. Prior to Denison, Pinaki held R&D positions for several pharmaceutical and personal care companies including Amneal Pharmaceuticals, PreCision Dermatology, Valeant Pharmaceuticals NA, Dow Pharmaceuticals Sciences, and Assam Company Ltd.; Pinaki holds a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry (Colloids, Pharmaceuticals) from Jadavpur University (India) and received postdoctoral training on lipid (vesicles), protein and nucleic acid chemistry from several universities in Germany and USA including Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), IUPUI, and UCSF; Pinaki has published 65+ publications (including research articles, patents, conference abstracts, and book chapter) so far.