Kiran Sapkota, MPharm, PhD
Assistant Professor, UNMC Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Kiran Sapkota, PhD joined the COP as Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2025. Dr. Sapkota earned his PhD in Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience from UNMC in 2016, a MS in Pharmacology from Creighton University in 2012, and a Master’s of Pharmacy in Medicinal Chemistry from Catholic University of Daegu in South Korea (2009). He completed his Bachelor’s Degree in Pharmacy at Pokhara University in Kaski, Nepal. He has completed post-doctoral fellowships in Neuropharmacology at UNMC and Neuroscience at the Southern Research Institute in Birmingham, Alabama. Before joining the COP, he was an instructor in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience at UNMC. He brings expertise as a researcher and educator in neuropsychiatric disorders, neuropharmacology, drug discovery and pharmaceutical chemistry. His teaching interests are in the areas of Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmaceutics, and Pharmacokinetics for pharmacy students.
- BPharm from Pokhara University in Nepal (2006)
- MPharm in Medicinal Chemistry from Catholic University of Daegu in South Korea (2009)
- MS in Pharmacology from Creighton University (2012)
- PhD in Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience from UNMC (2016)
- NMDA receptor pharmacology and drug discovery
- PHSC 520 - Pharmaceutical Biochemistry
- PHSC 550 - Introduction to Pharmaceutical Sciences
- PHSC 626 - Medicinal Chemistry I
- PHSC 628 - Medicinal Chemistry II
- PHSC 802 - Essentials of Drug Discovery and Development
- PHSC 900 - Industrial Pharmacy
- PHSC 904 - Delivery and Biocompatibility of Proteins and Nucleic Acid Drugs
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
- Member, Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
- Member, American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
- University of Nebraska Medical Center graduate fellowship (July 2015-December 2016)