Interest areas

• Development of microparticulate system for long term preservation of probiotic,
• Solubility enhancement of poorly soluble drug,
• Development of In-situ gelling system of probiotic for periodontitis,
• Pulsatile drug delivery and site-specific drug delivery
• Novel Drug Delivery based formulation development etc
• Nutraceutical formulations

Research

• Publications – 47 (International- 34, National-13)
• Presentations- 04 (International- 01, National- 03)
• Government-funded projects – 02
• Patent-03 (International-02, National-01)
• Recognized PG guide, Ph. D guide of Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU)
• Guided M. Pharm students (25 completed and 04 ongoing) and 01 student pursuing for Ph. D

Awards

• Received funding of Rs.1560784 under AICTE under scheme MODROB for the year 2019-2021 Project title: “Modernization of F &D facilities in Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli for nutraceutical to meet RDA requirement of nutrients in the tribal area”
• Received funding of Rs.120000 under BCUD, SPPU financial grant for the research project ‘’Development of microencapsulation delivery system for long term preservation of probiotic as a biotherapeutic agent” (2016-2019).

Conferences/Workshops/Seminars attended

• Twenty-nine conferences are attended including national and international.

Recent Publications

• Solanki, H., Desai, H., Singh, S. and Naik, J., 2024. Development of Sustained Release Oral Floating Tablet Formulation of Cinnarizine using 32 factorial designs., Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research (AJPRes.) 25(31), p.20.
• Solanki, H., Ghumare, M.P., Prajapati, V.D. and Acharya, S.R., 2021. Development of Probiotic Lactobacillus sporogenes Loaded Biological Macromolecules using Novel Assembly Design for Long-term Preservation as Bio-therapeutic Agent. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Nanotechnology (IJPSN), 14(3), pp.5481-5491.
• Solanki Himanshu., Shah Virag, Patel Jayvadan, Evaluation of Brain Targeting Efficiency of Intranasal Solid Lipid Nanosuspension Containing Doxorubicin in Wistar Rat: Pharmacokinetic and Biodistribution Consideration, Journal of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, 2021 55;1(III), pp-46
• Solanki, H.K., Patel, H.R. and Prajapati, V.D., 2020. An Experimental Design Approach to Evaluate the Influence of Penetration Enhancers on Trans Ungual Drug Delivery of Fluconazole for the Management of Onychomycosis. Sensor Letters, 18(7), pp.576-586.
• Solanki, H.K., Shah, D.A., Patel, C.A. and Jani, G.K., 2018. Evaluation of Anti-diarrheal Activity of Probiotic by Castor Oil Induced Diarrhoea in Swiss Albino Mice Model. Current Bioactive Compounds, 14(2), pp.142-148. (IF- 2.0)
• Solanki, H.K. and Shah, D.A., 2016. Formulation optimization and evaluation of probiotic Lactobacillus sporogenes-loaded sodium alginate with carboxymethyl cellulose mucoadhesive beads using design expert software. Journal of Food Processing, 2016. (IF- 2.5)
• Solanki, H.K., Shah, D.A., Maheriya, P.M. and Patel, C.A., 2015. Evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of probiotic on carrageenan-induced paw edema in Wistar rats. International journal of biological macromolecules, 72, pp.1277-1282. (IF- 8.2)
• Prajapati, V.D., Maheriya, P.M., Jani, G.K. and Solanki, H.K., 2016. Carrageenan: A natural seaweed polysaccharide and its applications (vol 105, pg 97, 2014). Carbohydrate Polymers, 151, pp.1277-1277. (IF- 11.2)
• Solanki, H.K., Shah, D.A. and Thakkar, J.H., 2015. Antimutagenic potential of probiotic Lactobacillus sporogenes using Ames assay. American Journal of Cancer Biology, 3(1), pp.1-8.
• Solanki, H.K., Pawar, D.D., Shah, D.A., Prajapati, V.D., Jani, G.K., Mulla, A.M. and Thakar, P.M., 2013. Development of microencapsulation delivery system for long-term preservation of probiotics as biotherapeutics agent. BioMed research international, 2013. (IF- 5.3)
• Prajapati, V.D., Mashru, K.H., Solanki, H.K. and Jani, G.K., 2013. Development of modified release gliclazide biological macromolecules using natural biodegradable polymers. International journal of biological macromolecules, 55, pp.6-14 (IF- 8.2)

Book Chapters

• “Encapsulation Process in Granulation Technology” Handbook of Encapsulation and Controlled Release, Edited by Munmaya Mishra, CRC Press Taylor francis Group, 978-14-822323-2-5, year of Publication 2015
• Role of Various Cancer Vaccine Adjuvants in Cancer Management, Cancer Vaccination and Challenges, 2-volume set Volume 1: Strategies for Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine Development / Volume 2: Delivery Strategies for Cancer Vaccine and Immunotherapy in Management of Various Carcinomas, Editors: Rishabha Malviya, Apple academic press, ISBN: 9781774916728, publication date: April 2024

Books

• Pharmaceutics: A Concise Practical Manual, Education Book centre-Mumbai ISBN no: 978-81-903626-1-5, year of Publication 2011
• Pharmaceutics I: The theory and practices of pharmacy, Unicorn publication Pvt, Ltd, pune
  ISBN 978-81-931266-5-3, year of Publication 2015
• Probiotic Emerging therapeutic agent, LAP LAMBERT Academic publishing ISBN: 978-613-9-98256-1, year of Publication 2018

Professional Memberships

• Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) – Life Membership