Bachelor of Science, Kakatiya University, India Master of Science (Chemistry), Kakatiya University, India PhD (Crystal Engineering), University of Hyderabad, India 2014 – present: Lecturer in Medicines Development and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2009 – 2014: Scientist, Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, A*STAR, Singapore 2007 – 2009: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Minnesota, USA 2005 – 2007: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Iowa, USA

Crystal engineering for the development of functional pharmaceutical materials Solid state pharmaceuticals – cocrystals, polymorphs, salts and amorphous materials Physicochemical characterization of pharmaceutical solids Develop understanding of crystal structure vs pharmaceutical properties

Crystal Engineering, Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmaceutical Solids, Co-crystals, Polymorphism, Pre-formulation, X-Ray Diffraction

Vangala VR, Chow PS, Reginald TBH, The solvates and a salt of an antibiotic agent, nitrofurantoin: Structural, thermochemical and desolvation studies. CrystEngComm 2013, 15, 878-889 Vangala VR, Chow PS, Reginald TBH, Co-crystals and co-crystal hydrates of the antibiotic nitrofurantoin: Structural and Physicochemical properties. Cryst. Growth Des. 2012, 12, 5925-5938 Aitipamula S, Vangala VR, Chow PS, Reginald TBH, A cocrystal hydrate of an antifungal agent, griseofulvin, with promising physicochemical properties. Cryst. Growth Des. 2012, 12, 5858-5863 A multi-author perspective: Desiraju GR, Karpinski P, Thaper RK, Zaworotko MJ, Vangala VR, and co-workers, Polymorphs, Salts, and Cocrystals: What's in a Name? Cryst. Growth Des. 2012, 12, 2147-2152 Vangala VR, Chow PS, Reginald TBH, Characterization, physicochemical and photo-stability of a co-crystal involving an antibiotic drug, nitrofurantoin, and 4-hydroxybenzoic acid. CrystEngComm 2011, 13, 759-762 Kaushal A, Vangala VR, Suryanarayanan R, Unusual effect of water vapour pressure on dehydration of dibasic calcium phosphate dihydrate, J. Pharm. Sci., 2011, 100, 1456-1466 Velaga S, Vangala VR, Srinivas B, Bostr?m D, Polymorphism in acesulfame sweetener: structure–property and stability relationships of bending and brittle crystals, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 3562-3564