position/title
  • Professor of Bioengineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry

    education/training
  • Osmania University, B.Sc., 1972, Chemistry
  • Osmania University, M. Sc., 1974, Physical Organic Chemistry
  • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Ph.D., 1982, Chemistry

    research and professional experience
  • 1986-1989 Assistant Director for Scientific Development, IMD and Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Houston, in Professor J. Andrew McCammon's group
  • 1990 Visiting Scientist, Princeton University and Senior Research Scientist, Squibb Institute for Medical Reseach.
  • 1991-1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Beckman Institute and National Center for Supercomputing Applications. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • 1996-1997 Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Department of Chemical Engineering, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Beckman Institute and National Center for Supercomputing Applications. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • 1998-1999 Professor, Departments of Biochemistry, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Chemical, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Beckman Institute and National Center for Supercomputing Applications. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • 1999- Professor, Departments of Bioengineering, Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego and Senior
    Fellow, San Diego Super Computer Center.

    honors and other professional activities
  • Thatte memorial gold medal for ranking first in Bachelor's degree, 1972.
  • Indian national Merit Scholarship, 1972-1974.
    Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Fellowship, 1974-1976.
  • Smithsonian Foundation Citation for Innovation in Computing, 1997.
  • The Colllege of Engineering, University of Illinois Advisor's List, 1997.
  • Elected Fellow, Institute for Biomedical Engineering, 1999.
  • Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the Director of NIH, on Bioinformatics. (Chairs: D. Botstein & L. Smarr)

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