Research Area: Polyhedral Boranes and Carboranes, Drug Delivery, Boron-based Nanomaterials, Boron Neutron Capture Therapy of Cancer (BNCT), Chemical Hydrogen Storage

Research Interests

The majority of the research is focused on developing biomedical and material science applications based upon chemistry of polyhedral boranes and carboranes. These include target specific molecular nanomaterials carrying diagnostic and therapeutic agents; use of boranes and carboranes as pharmcophores; polyhedral borane and hydride based chemical hydrogen storage systems.

Education

M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Bombay, 1987
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Bombay, 1993
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1994-1996
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, 1998-2006

Awards

Merit Scholarship, State of Maharashtra, India. 1984-1986
Research Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, India. 1988-1992