Senthilkumar Rajagopal

Dr. Senthilkumar Rajagopal is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences at Rayalaseema University, Kurnool, India. He completed his PhD in Biochemistry at Annamalai University, India, and his postdoctoral fellowship at various Universities in the USA, including the University of Virginia, Harvard and Virginia Commonwealth University. Dr. Rajagopal is a recipient of the Rameshwardasji Birla Smarak Kosh Endowment award from Mumbai Medical Trust, and the Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. His research has addressed protein kinase C modulation of calcium channels currents, and was the principal investigator of a major project entitled “G-protein coupled receptor mediated intracellular mechanisms by alcohol-induced digestive disorders in the gastrointestinal tract”. Other interests include G-protein coupled receptor signaling pathways in smooth muscle physiology and neurotransmitters transporters to central nervous system. Dr. Rajagopal is a life member of a numberof respected scientific associations, such as the Indian Society for Atherosclerosis Research (ISAR), The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), Society for Free Radical Research India (SFRR), The Indian Society of Cell Biology (ISCB), the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) and the Science Advisory Board (SAB), USA.