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Biographic Sketch: I obtained a M.Sc. degree in Environmental Toxicology from University of Madras, Chennai and a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Sciences from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Currently, I am working as a Professor in the Dept. of Biotechnology, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur. I have more than 3 decades of teaching and research experience in the area of environmental toxicology and biotechnology. My specialization includes human health risk assessment, molecular toxicology and genetic toxicology. My special interest is to apply OMICS techniques to understand the molecular mechanisms and therapeutic target(s) for cancer and diabetes. My other research interest is to carry out biomarkers-based exposure assessment, thus developing new monitoring technologies for air/water pollution exposure assessment to study the impact of air/water pollution on health. So far, I have successfully completed 15 research projects funded by UGC, DST, DBT and ICMR and published over 60 research articles in peer reviewed scientific journals. Under my mentorship, 10 research scholars have completed PhD degree. I received International Cancer Technology Transfer Award from International Union Against Cancer (UICC), Geneva, Switzerland twice on 1998 and 2002. In the year 2014, I received Short Term ICMR-DHR Fellowship for training at foreign institution by ICMR (DHR), Govt. of India to conduct research in Toxicoproteomics - Nanotoxicology in National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan and in 2019 Received Short Term ICMR-DHR International Fellowship for Senior Indian Biomedical Scientists 2019-20 by ICMR (DHR), Govt. of India.
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