N. Rajendra Prasad

N. Rajendra Prasad, PhD. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Annamalai University. Dr. Prasad is having 18 years of professional experience in the field of Cancer Biology at Annamalai University. He has acquired his research training at Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, USA and National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, USA. His research interest is investigating natural medicinal compounds to overcome ABC-transporters mediated multidrug resistance in cancer and to develop a predictive assay system to select the best choice of chemotherapeutic drug in a personalized manner. He is also studying the signal transduction events of ionizing and non-ionizing radiations in human cells. He has received DBT-Overseas Associateship Award and ICMR-International Award for Biomedical Scientists and Tamilnadu Young Scientist Award. He is serving as an Editorial Board Member in several reputed journals.