Extremophiles: From Biology to Biotechnology

About

Subba Rao V. Durvasula was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the Andhra University. His scientific career engaged him first as a UNESCO Fellow and subsequently as a scientist at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Australia NRC Fellow (National Research Council of Canada Bedford Inst. Oceanography Canada) Faculty member of The Johns Hopkins University U.S.A as a Biological Oceanographer at the BIO and later as an Emeritus Scientist (Bedford Institute of OceanographyDartmouth Canada) as an Adjunct Professor at the University of New Mexico and at present a Consultant scientist at the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research Kuwait. Dr. Ravi Durvasula is a Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at University of New Mexico School of Medicine in Albuquerque New Mexico where he is also appointed as Chief of Medicine at the New Mexico VA Health Care System. Dr. Durvasula's laboratory focuses on transgenic and paratransgenic approaches to control of vector-borne diseases such as Chagas disease and Leishmaniasis. He currently has collaborative research programs in Brazil Guatemala Argentina and India. Dr. Durvasula's research also involves development of novel paratransgenic delivery systems for application at human mucosal surfaces.