T. Rajendra Kumar
Professor
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Northwestern University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Kumar received his PhD in 1989 from the University of Delhi, India and his postdoctoral training at the Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland, OR. He then moved to Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, as a Research Associate and became an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Molecular & Cellular Biology. In 2004, he moved to University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, where he became a Tenured Professor in the Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology and Director of the Center for Reproductive Sciences, Institute for Reproductive Health and Regenrative Medicine. He joined the Division of Reproductive Sciences in May 2016. His research was published in Nature, Nature Genetics, Cell, PNAS, J Clinical Investigation, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, and Endocrinology. He also co-edited a textbook entitled "Transgenics in Endocrinology".
Research Interest
Reproductive Sciences
Publications
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Matzuk MM, Hadsell, LA, De Mayo F and Kumar TR (2003) Overexpression of human chorionic gonadotropin in transgenic mice causes multiple reproductive defects.  Biology of Reproduction, 69: 338-346.
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 Kumar TR, Lu H, Wang Y, and Matzuk MM (1997).  Follicle Stimulating hormone is required for ovarian follicle maturation but not male fertility.  Nature Genetics, 15:201-204.
