Author: Ajaikumar B Kunnumakkara

Dr Ajaikumar B Kunnumakkara, is currently working as a faculty member in the Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India (IIT Guwahati). He earned his doctorate in 2006 from Amala Cancer Research Center, Thrissur, affiliated with University of Calicut, Kerala, India. Dr Kunnumakkara did his first postdoctoral work at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA (2005–2008) and his second postdoctoral work at the National Cancer Institute of National Institutes of Health (NCI/NIH), Bethesda, Maryland, USA (2008–2010); where he was subsequently employed as a NIH Scientist from 2010 to 2012. Dr Kunnumakkara's research interests include the role of inflammatory pathways in cancer development and their inhibition by plant derived compounds especially, derived from fruits, vegetables and spices. He is also interested in the identification of novel biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and prognosis. He is credited with the publication of more than seventy research articles. He has more than 9, 000 citations with an h-index of >35.Currently, his work is cited over 1, 500 times in the literature annually. Dr Kunnumakkara has also edited a monograph entitled “Molecular targets and therapeutic uses of spices: Modern uses for ancient medicine”.