Ravi Iyengar

Ravi Iyengar, Ph.D.
Fields systems biology
Institutions Mount Sinai Medical Center
Alma mater University of Mumbai, University of Houston
Known for cell signaling research

Ravi Iyengar, Ph.D., is a systems biologist and Director of the Experimental Therapeutics Institute at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, as well as the Dorothy H. and Lewis Rosenstiel Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics and Director and Principal Investigator of the NIGMS-funded Systems Biology Center New York at The Mount Sinai Medical Center.[1][2]

Trained as a biochemist, Iyengar studies cellular signaling networks using both experiments and computer simulations. His laboratory focuses on how cell signals are routed and processed through cellular signaling networks within cells to discover new drug targets for complex diseases.[3][4][5] He has published more than 100 primary papers, 92 reviews and is the editor of 6 books.

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Biography

Iyengar earned both an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Physics in 1971 and a master's degree in Biophysics in 1973 from the University of Mumbai in India. He completed his Ph.D. in Biophysical Sciences at the University of Houston in 1977. He joined Baylor College of Medicine in 1977 as a postdoctoral fellow and rose to Assistant and then Associate Professor. In 1986, he joined the Department of Pharmacology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center as an Associate Professor. In 1999, he was appointed Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at Mount Sinai, and in 2001 he was named Mount Sinai's Dorothy H. and Lewis Rosenstiel Professor and Chair of the Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry.

Iyengar served as the Dean of Research for The Mount Sinai School of Medicine from 2002 to 2004.

In 2004, Iyengar was elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[6] Additional honors include:

Iyengar holds Patent No. 20080261820: Methods to Analyze Biological Networks.[7]

Research grants

Books

Publications

Partial list:

References

  1. ^ "Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Faculty profile". http://www.mountsinai.org/Find%20A%20Faculty/profile.do?id=0000072500001497254602&officeDrawer=biz. Retrieved 2010-03-31. 
  2. ^ "Systems Biology Center New York". http://sbcny.org/investigators.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-31. 
  3. ^ "The Experimental Therapeutics Institute". http://www.mssm.edu/eti/iyengar.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-31. 
  4. ^ "Integrating and Leveraging the Physical Sciences to Open a New Frontier in Oncology". http://otir.cancer.gov/physicalsciences-oncology/sub_bios.asp. Retrieved 2010-03-31.  The National Cancer Institute Office of Technology and Industrial Relations
  5. ^ Emily Carlson (March 30, 2009). "Q&A: Ravi Iyengar on Molecular Systems". Computing Life. National Institute of General Medical Sciences. http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/computinglife/iyengar.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-31January, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Nanotechnology Center for Mechanics in Regenerative Medicine". http://www.mechanicalbiology.org/bios/bio_iyengar.html. Retrieved 2010-03-31. 
  7. ^ "Ravi Iyengar - Patents". http://www.faqs.org/patents/inv/137334. Retrieved 2010-03-31.  patentdocs

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