Ashok Sadanand Kolaskar

Biography

Ashok Sadanand Kolaskar obtained his BSc (1969) and MSc (1971) in Physics from Nagpur University and PhD (1976) on theoretical studies on the conformation of peptides and polypeptides from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He joined the institute as Research Assistant (1976-77) and went to the institute de Biologue Physico-Cheimque, France (1977) as a Visiting Scientist, and to Chemical Physics Laboratory at the university of Chicago as a Research Associate. He joined the School of Life Sciences, Central University of Hyderabad as a Lecturer (1978-83) and then moved to the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad (1983-86). He was Professor and Head of the Department of Zoology (1991-94) and Biotechnology (1994-96), University of Pune and rose to be the Director of Pune Library Network Project as well as of Bioinformatics, University of Pune. He was a Courtesy Professor at the Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, University of Florida.

Research Interest

Molecular Biophysics & Bioinformatics