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Prof. Kavita Shah

Kavita Shah

 

Walther Professor
Department of Chemistry and Purdue University Center for Cancer Research
Purdue University Center for Drug Discovery
Oncological Science Center and Integrative Neuroscience Center, Discovery Park
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907

 

email: kavitashah at purdue.edu

 

Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India (1991) Postdoctoral Fellow: UMDNJ-Robert wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey (1993-94)
Postdoctoral Fellow: Princeton University (1994-99).

Group Leader: Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego (1999-2004).
 

Awards and Honors

Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, NSF and LSAMP, Indiana (2012)

Lafayette Lions Club Award for Outstanding Achievements in Cancer Research (2015)

GIAN Award from Government of India (2016)

JSPS Fellowship (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) (2017)

IRAC-SRISTI Gandhian Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award 2017 at Rashtrapati Bhavan (India) (2017).

Excellence in Research Award (2020)

2024 CRSI Medal (Council of the Chemical Research Society of India, 2024).

 

Editorial Boards

Editor, Current Protocols in Chemical Biology, 2008-Present

Editorial Member, Faculty of 1000, 2010-Present

Honorary Editorial Board Member, Cell Biology Insights, 2008-2014

Editorial Board Member, Endocrinology and Metabolic Syndrome, 2011-Present

Editorial Board member, Journal of Obesity & Weight loss Therapy, 2011-Present

Editorial Board Member, F1000 Research, 2012-Present

Editorial Board Member, Cancers, 2021-Present

Purdue University Center for Cancer Research     The Oncological Sciences CenterDiscovery Park Oncological Sciences Center
Purdue University Interdisciplinary Life Sciences
Purdue Institute for Drug DiscoveryPurdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience

Postdoctoral Associates

Dr. Dinesh Kumar

Dr. Dinesh Kumar

Graduate Students

Wanzhang Pan

Wanzhang Pan

Humphrey Lotana

Humphrey Lotana

Monika Malik

Monika Malik

Cara Trench

Cara Trench

Benjamin Babalola

Benjamin Babalola

Undergraduate Students

Nicolas Hull

Nicolas Hull

Anslyn Freije

Anslyn Freije

Halle Higbie

Halle Higbie

Kinzie Gamaleldin

Kinzie Gamaleldin

Mason Cook

Mason Cook

Natalie Perkins

Natalie Perkins

Megan Webb

Megan Webb

Stephen Weissert

Stephen Weissert

Charlie McBride

Charlie McBride

Madhumita Mugundan

Madhumita Mugundan

Christina Warner

Christina Warner

Orion Chenery

Orion Chenery

Laura Barratt

Laura Barratt

Mezna AlHabshi

Mezna AlHabshi