Suresh Subramani

Dr. Suresh Subramani is the Global Director of the Tata Institute for Genetics & Society,[1] former Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (2010 - 2016),[2] and a Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of California, San Diego. A highly distinguished cell and molecular biologist, Dr. Subramani has been a member of the UC San Diego faculty since 1982.[3]

Suresh Subramani
Born
India
Alma materIIT Kanpur, UC Berkeley
Known forPeroxisomes, autophagy
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, Searle Scholar Award, Jane Coffin Childs Fellow, NIH MERIT Award
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular Biology, cell biology
InstitutionsUniversity of California, San Diego
Doctoral advisorHoward Schachman
Other academic advisorsPaul Berg

Academic history

Suresh Subramani received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from UC Berkeley, working with Dr. Howard Schachman. He was a Jane Coffin Childs Fellow with Dr. Paul Berg at Stanford University. He was the recipient of a Searle Scholar Award, an NCI Research Career Development Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.[4] He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and the recipient of an NIH MERIT Award.

His recent service to UCSD includes his role as the Executive Vice Chancellor (2010–16), Associate Vice Chancellor (2009–10), Interim Dean (2006–07) and Chair (1999-2000) of the UCSD Division of Biology. He is currently a Distinguished Professor (Emeritus), the Global Director of the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS at UCSD and at inStem in Bangalore, India) and holds the Tata Chancellor's Endowed Professorship in Molecular Biology at UC San Diego.[3]

Publications

Subramani is an author or co-author of over 200 research articles in international journals, and is cited by the ISI Highly Cited database as one of the preeminent and most commonly cited researchers in the field of Molecular Biology and Genetics.[5]

Education

References
  1. "Tata Chairholders". tigs.ucsd.edu.
  2. "SUBJECT: Executive Vice Chancellor – Academic Affairs, Suresh Subramani". adminrecords.ucsd.edu. UC San Diego. April 20, 2016.
  3. "Suresh Subramani". biology.ucsd.edu.
  4. Suresh Subramani Searle Scholar Profile: http://www.searlescholars.net/person/444
  5. ISI Highly Cited 2000 - 2008 Database: http://highlycited.com/categories/MolecularBiologyampGenetics.html
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