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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
Krishna Kumar

Institutions
  
Tufts University

Role
  
Chemist


Education
  
Brown University

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Born
  
November 1, 1970 (age 53) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (
1970-11-01
)

Alma mater
  
St. Stephen's College, Delhi Brown University The Scripps Research Institute

Thesis
  
Through Solvent Electron Transfer in Molecular C-Clamps (1996)

Fields
  
Chemical biology, Biophysics, Organic chemistry

Doctoral advisor
  
Matthew B. Zimmt

Other academic advisors
  
M. Reza Ghadiri

Residence
  
United States of America

Ineterview with padmashree pr krishna kumar managing director of arya vaidya pharmacy


Krishna Kumar (born November 1, 1970) is an Indian American chemist whose research spans organic chemistry, chemical biology, bioorganic chemistry, biophysics and cell biology. He is currently Professor and Chair of Chemistry and was also Chemistry Department Chair from 2006 until 2009 at Tufts University.

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Career

Prior to Tufts University, he was at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California and got his bachelor's degree in Chemistry with honors from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry (1996) from Brown University.

Kumar has given proteins hyperstable folding properties by inserting fluorinated amino acids into them. Recent studies by his research team have shown that fluorination of biologically active antimicrobial peptides is an effective strategy for improving their stability and antimicrobial therapeutic value.

In addition to antibiotics, Kumar's work includes the design of fluorinated drug delivery systems using lipids as carriers, and potential cancer drugs and imaging agents. His laboratory has also invented methods for cell surface engineering and imaging of cancer cells with metastatic potential.

Awards, honors, affiliations and positions

  • Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012
  • Award for Excellence in the Chemical Sciences, Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists (2011)
  • Global Indus Technovator Award, MIT IBC (2006)
  • Technology Investigation Award, Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center (2005)
  • MIT Technology Review TR100 Award (2003)
  • DuPont Young Professor Award, E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. (2003–2006)
  • NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (2002–2007)
  • Guest Professor, Westfälische Wilhelms–Universität, Münster, Germany (2000)
  • Teaching with Technology (TTT) Fellow, Academic Technology, Tufts U (1999)
  • Professor of Chemistry, Tufts University (2006–present)
  • Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Tufts University (2006–2009; 2012–present)
  • Member, Cancer Center, Tufts Medical Center
  • Visiting Scientist, Center for Cancer Research, MIT (2004–2005)
  • Adjunct Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University (2002–present)
  • Assistant and Associate Professor of Chemistry, Tufts University (1998–2005)
  • Vice President, Society of Fellows, The Scripps Research Institute (1996–98)
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer, St. Stephen's College, Delhi (1990–91)

    • Publications

    Web of Science shows these as the 10 most cited publications:

    1. Bilgiçer, B.; Fichera, A.; Kumar, K. "A Coiled Coil with a Fluorous Core."J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 4393-4399. Discussed by : "Fluorous Peptides." by Stu Borman, C&EN 2001, 79(20), 41-42; "Heart Cut" Chemical Innovation 2001, 31 (11), pp. 10. ; "Steps Towards Nanotechnology" by Jeffrey Soreff, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing (IMM), IMM Report No. 26, October 23, 2001.
    2. Bilgiçer, B.; Xing, X.; Kumar, K. "Programmed Self-Sorting of Coiled Coils with Leucine and Hexafluoroleucine Cores." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 11815-11816. Discussed by: Science & Technology Roundup, C&EN 2001, 79 (49), p. 35.
    3. Yoder, N. C.; Kumar, K. "Fluorinated Amino Acids in Protein Design and Engineering." Chem. Soc. Rev. 2002, 31, 335-341.
    4. Bilgicer B, Kumar K "Synthesis and thermodynamic characterization of self-sorting coiled coils " Tetrahedron 2002 58( 20) 4105-4112.
    5. Bilgiçer, B.; Kumar, K. "De Novo Design of Defined Helical Bundles in Membrane Environments." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2004, 101, 15324-15329.
    6. Myers, K. E.; Kumar, K. "Fluorophobic Acceleration of Diels-Alder Reactions." J. Am. Chem. Soc 2000, 122, 12025-12026.
    7. Xing, X.; Fichera, A.; Kumar, K. "A Novel Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure 5,5,5,5',5',5'–Hexafluoroleucine." Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 1285-1286.
    8. Meng, H.; Kumar, K. "Antimicrobial Activity and Protease Stability of Peptides Containing Fluorinated Amino Acids" J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2007, 129, 15615-15622. Discussed by: "Fluorous Peptides Get Ready to Heal" by Stephen Ritter, C&EN 2007, 85 (37), pp. 36–37; "Putting the "F" in peptides" by Randall C Willis; Drug Discovery News 2007, December.
    9. Montanari V.; Kumar, K. "Just Add Water: A New Fluorous Capping Reagent for Facile Purification of Peptides Synthesized on the Solid Phase." J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 9528-9529.
    10. Wang P, Fichera A, Kumar K, et al. "Alternative translations of a single RNA message: An identity switch of (2S,3R)-4,4,4-trifluorovaline between valine and isoleucine codons " (2004)Angewandte Chemie International Ed. 43 (28) 3664-3666.

    References

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