Journal of Petroleum & Environmental Biotechnology

Santosh Kumar

Santosh Kumar
Executive Editor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, UMKC-School of Pharmacy
USA

Biography

Santosh Kumar is an Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology School of Pharmacy University of MissouriKansas City He has received PhD in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai India in 19931998 He has received MS in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai India in 19911993 He has completed his BS in Chemistry from Delhi University New Delhi India in 19871991He was nominated for the President’s Gold Medal Award for the best thesis in 1998 He received ASPET Drug Metabolism Division Post Doctoral Best Paper Award in 2003He is in Editorial Board of one journal and reviewer of 8 journals He has published 29 articles 5 review papers and 29 abstracts He has given 16 oral presentations He has taught/is involved in teaching Drug metabolism Drug interactions/Adverse reaction Introduction to Chemotherapy Antibiotics Cancer Chemotherapy etc to graduate and Pharm D students.

Research Interest

Cytochrome P450-mediated alcohol, HIV-1, and antiretroviral interactions Cytochrome P450-mediated nicotine and HIV-1 interactions Engineering cytochromes P450 for enhanced expression, stability, and activity for biotechnological, medical, and environmental applications Engineering cytochromes P450 to study structure- function relationship.