Welcome to the Shah Laboratory
Drug Discovery in Cancer and Alzheimer's Disease Using Chemical Biology
People
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
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
Postdoctoral Associates
Dr. Dinesh Kumar
Graduate Students
Wanzhang Pan
Humphrey Lotana
Monika Malik
Cara Trench
Benjamin Babalola
Undergraduate Students
Nicolas Hull
Anslyn Freije
Halle Higbie
Kinzie Gamaleldin
Mason Cook
Natalie Perkins
Megan Webb
Stephen Weissert
Charlie McBride
Madhumita Mugundan
Christina Warner
Orion Chenery
Laura Barratt
Mezna AlHabshi