Professional Activities

Post-Doctoral Training

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL. Mentor: Prof. Ramesh Gupta.	August 1987- February 1990	Archaebacterial Molecular  Biology.
The Chicago Medical School, N. Chicago, IL. Mentor: Prof. Samson T. Jacob.	March 1990 – June 1994	Cancer Biology

Academic Positions

Research Assistant Professor, Pharmacology & Molecular Biology, Chicago Medical School, IL	July 1994 – January 1997
Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, WI.	February 1997 – March 1999
Assistant Professor (Research), Dept. of Medicine, University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ, New Brunswick, NJ	April 1999 – 2004
Associate Scientist, Center for Neurovirology, Temple University, Philadelphia	April 2005 - 2009
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, TUSM, Philadelphia, PA.	July 2009- present

Honors/Awards

2015-	Reviewer, Early Career Reviewer (ECR) program (csr.nih.gov)
2008-2012	Career Development Award (K01) NIDA/ NIH, USA.
2006	Travel Award to attend USA-Caribbean Conference on HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse, San Juan, Puerto Rico, Dec 8-12, 2006.
1984-1986	Senior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission, N. Delhi, India.
1981-1984	Junior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission, N. Delhi, India.

Professional Activities

Educational/Teaching

• 1993-1995: Spring semesters. Lecture on “Regulation of Polyadenylation” in the Advanced Molecular Biology course in the Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, Chicago Medical School  (2 hrs of contact/semester).
• 2002-2003: Fall semesters. Moderator, Molecular Medicine Seminar Course, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ, (1 hr of contact/semester).
• 2010: Spring semester: Lectures on “Free radical and antioxidants in the brain” and “Excitotoxicity” in the graduate level course entitled “Neuroprotection and Loss”, Dept. of Neuroscience, Temple University (3 hrs of contact/semester).
• 2011: Fall semester: Course No. 8701; Molecular Neuro-Oncology. Lectures on “Resisting cell death” and “Immunotherapy”. Dept. of Neuroscience, Temple University (3 hrs of contact per week).
• 2013: Fall semester: Course No. 8701; Molecular Neuro-Oncology. Lectures on “Resisting cell death” and “Immunotherapy”. Dept. of Neuroscience, Temple University (3 hrs of contact per week).
• 2013: Fall semester: Course No. BMSC 8603. Lecture on “HIV pathogenesis and NeuroAIDS” (2 contact hrs).
• 2014: Fall Semester: Course No. D301, School of Dentistry, Human Systems and Disease II (Block 4). Lecture on Viral infections of skin and joints (1 contact hr)
• 2014: Fall semester. Podiatric Medicine, Microbiology Course. Lecture on Rabies, Polio and Pox viruses (1 contact hr)
• 2015: Spring Semester. Course No. 117201113659. Translational Science of Nervous System Disease. Lecture on NeuroAIDS: Pathogenesis, animal models and therapeutic strategies (1 contact hr)

Post-Doctoral Fellows, Resident And Other Scientist Supervised

1. Dr. Sunit P. Kabaria, MD, Nephrology Fellow at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ, 2001-2002.
2. Dr. Hideki Kawanishi, MD, Nephrology Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ, 2002-2003.
3. Dr. Shawn Dhupar, MD, Nephrology Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ, 2002-2003.
4. Dr. Krystinne Schwannick-Konopczynski, MD, Nephrology Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ, 2003-2004.
5. Sagarika Banerjee, Ph. D, Dept. of Neuroscience, TUSM, Dec 2011- April 2013.
6. Satish Deshmane, Ph. D., Associate Scientist, Dept. of Neuroscience, TUSM, July 2013- Present.
7. Masoud Shekarabi, Ph. D., Associate Scientist, Dept. of Neuroscience, TUSM, March 2015- Present.

Reviewer for Professional Journals (Ad-Hoc)

• PloS One
• Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
• Journal of Neurovirology
• Chemico-Biological Interactions
• Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
• Neuroscience Letters

Membership on Ph.D Thesis Committee

Temple University

• Satarupa Sen, PhD                  2011-2014 Graduated May 2014.   
• Radhika Adiga                         2014- 2015  Graduated April 2015.