Nr Jagannathan

Biography

N.R. Jagannathan completed his M.Sc. from St. Joseph’s College, Trichy, University of Madras in 1975. Later he joined the Department of Biophysics, University of Madras for PhD and completed the same in 1982. He did his post-doctoral Fellowship from the Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada from September 1982 to March 1986. Briefly he was a Senior Scientific Officer at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore till August 1987. In September 1987, he again moved to the Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA as a post-doctoral Fellow. In August 1988 he joined as a Research Associate at the Department of Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA to work on MRI. In July 1989 he returned to India and joined as a Lecturer at the Department of Biophysics, University of Madras and worked there till August 1993. In September 1993 he joined the Department of NMR & MRI Facility, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi as an Assistant Professor and later rose to the level of a full Professor and Professor & Head in 1998.

Research Interest

Clinical and Pre-clinical Cancer Research