Houman Alimoradi
University of Otago, New Zealand
Biography
Houman Alimoradi is a PhD candidate at the Department of Pharmacology and toxicology, University of Otago. Houman has MSc. In Medical Toxicology and a Bachelor in chemistry and his research interest focuses on two major categories: 1) Synthesis of stable and stimuli-responsive nitric oxide donors for intelligent therapy of disease such as cancer. 2) Challenging problems in the delivery of therapeutic agents notably in cancer by (i) regulation of hypoxia and redox balance of cells (ii) synthesis of redox and hypoxia responsive nanocarriers.