Professional Activities:
Academic Appointments:
- 07/08/2013—Present Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
- 09/01/2012- 06/30/2013 Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
- 10/01/2004 -08/31/2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
- 09/01/2001 – 09/30/2004 Scientist, Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX
Consulting Positions:
Editorial Board
- Journal of cell Biology and Cell Metabolism
Grant Reviewer
- 2005: Department of Defense (Army Grant)
- 2010: International Association of Cancer Research (AICR)
- 2014: UNMC graduate student fellowship application (Biochemistry study section)
Served as Reviewer
- Journal of Clinical Investigation
- Clinical Cancer Research
- Oncogene
- Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Journal of Biological Chemistry
- Nucleic Acid Research
- British journal of Cancer Research
- PLos one
- Carcinogenesis
- FASEB
- British Journal of Cancer
- Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
- Antioxidant and Redox signaling
- BMC Cancer
Committee Assignments:
- UNMC Epigenomic Core Advisory Committee 2014-present
- Graduate Curriculum Committee member, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, UNMC, 2013 - present
- Information Technology and Communications Committee member, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, UNMC, 2013 - present
- Seminar Series Committee member, Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Anatomy, UNMC, 2013 – present
Honors:
- Qualified in National Eligibility Test (NET) as a Junior Research fellow (JRF) in 1991 by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India.
- Qualified in National Eligibility Test (NET) as a Senior Research fellow (SRF) in 1993 by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India.
- Best poster award in Science forum, 2002, organized by Sealy Center for Molecular Science, UTMB, TX
- Travel award for 8th International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) and American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) conference 2004, June 12-16, Boston, MA
- Young investigator award from American Federation of Aging Research for presenting work in FASEB HDACs meeting at Snowmass, CO, June 2-6, 2007
- Selected for Marquis “Who’s Who in America” in 2010
Memberships/Professional Organizations:
- American Heart Association