Murali Krishna Cherukuri
Senior Investigator
Radiation Biology Branch, Biophysical Spectroscopy Section
National Cancer Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Krishna obtained his Ph.D. in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, in 1984 and joined the NCI the same year. He became an independent investigator in 1993. His research interests include studies of free radical processes in causing oxidative injury and antioxidant defense. More recently, he has been involved in developing functional imaging tools to study tumor physiology. Dr. Krishna obtained his Ph.D. in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, in 1984 and joined the NCI the same year. He became an independent investigator in 1993.
Research Interest
1) Imaging, 2) tumor physiology, 3) studies of free radical processes in causing oxidative injury and antioxidant defense, 4) developing functional imaging tools to study tumor physiology, 5) Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Tumor Physiology, 6) Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics, 7) Chemical Biology, 8) Clinical Research, 9) Molecular Pharmacology.
