
Last updated: 2 June 2025
PhD Project Title: New bismuth-based biopolymer composites for challenging anti-microbial resistance
Supervisor(s): Professor Phil Andrews (Monash University), Associate Professor Warren Batchelor (Monash University) and Professor Toby Jenkins
External Partner: Monash University
Rupinder graduated from Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University in 2018 with a Master’s degree in Pharmaceutics and drug delivery. For her Master’s research project, she developed and investigated thermo-responsive hydrogels as aqueous-based nail lacquers for effective drug delivery to nail to treat persistent nail fungal infections like onychomycosis. In her spare time, she likes to sketch, paint, watch movies and learn different languages.