Professional Experience

2001 - present, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1997 - 2000, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

1994 - 1995, Guest Professor, Clark University, Worcester, MA

1993 - 1997, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester

1991 - 1993, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, EMBL, Heidelberg and Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany

Education and Training

1990, University of Delhi, India, Visiting Fellow, Department of Plant Molecular Biology
 
1985 - 1989, University of Delhi, India, Ph.D., Nucleic Acids Chemistry

1985, University of Delhi, India, M. Phil., Peptide Chemistry

1984, University of Delhi, India, M.S., Chemistry

This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last updated: 10/08.

Honors and Awards

2006, BRI Excellence Research Award

1991, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany

1990, Research Associate, CSIR, India

1989, Travel award of CSIR, India

1987, Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR, India

1985, Junior Research Fellowship, CSIR, India


Professional Memberships and Scholarly Activities

2005 - present, Member, long term planning committee, City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Sciences

2003 - present, Coordinator, Molecular Biology Seminar Series, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope

2008, AdHoc Member, AICR Research Grant Review Committee, UK

2007, AdHoc Member, North Carolina Biotechnology Center Multidisciplinary Research Grant (MRG) Program Review Committee

2007, AdHoc Member, Kentucky Science and Engineering Foundation (KSEF) Research Excellence Award, Review Committee

2006 - 2007, Member, Curriculum Committee, City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Sciences

2006, Guest Editor for BioTechniques supplement issue on RNAi

2005, Co-organizer, Fifteenth Beckman Symposium "RNA Interference: Basic biology, Functional Genomics and Therapeutics"

2004 - 2005, Member, admission committee, City of Hope Graduate School of Biological Sciences