Education: 

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Human Genetics Section, Dept of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Ph.D. College of Basic Sciences, Haryana Agril University, India

Research/Teaching Interests: 

• Understanding the role of exogenous ubiquitin in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury.
• Understanding the role of ATM (ataxia telangiectasia mutated kinase) in heart disease.
• Investigation of the role of osteopontin, also called cytokine eta-1, in cardiac myocyte apoptosis, collagen deposition and myocardial remodeling.

Research Funding: 

Department of Veterans Affairs
National Institutes of Health (NHLBI)