Background
Kumar, Halmuthur Sampath was born in Halmuthur, India. Son of Mahabala Halmuthur Rao and Halmuthur Jayalakshmamma;
Kumar, Halmuthur Sampath was born in Halmuthur, India. Son of Mahabala Halmuthur Rao and Halmuthur Jayalakshmamma;
Bachelor of Science University Mysore, India, 1984; Master of Science ,1986; Doctor of Philosophy, CSIR-IICT/Osmaina university, india, 1995; Trained in combinatorial Chemistry and automated high speed parallel synthesis at Advanced ChemTech, Louisville, USA 1997; Post doctoral Research at Max Planck Institute Molekulare Physiolgie, Dortmund, Germany, 2000-2002.
Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-IICT, Scientist In-charge, Vaccine Immunology Lab, Professor-Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Formerly, Chairman, Synthetic and Biological Chemistry Division (presently Med. Chem) CSIR-IIIM, Jammu-Tawi, India (2006-2009), ; Serving Editorial Board member of science journals, Member peer review panel of several international journals
Novel target based anticancer therapeutics, Developed cost effective process know how for several drugs like Sulbactam, Diltiazem, Verapamil and agrochemicals like cypermethrin, Lambda Cyhalothrin which are being manufactured and commercialized in India and abroad. Worked on the Development of novel oral care and Skin care products(cosmeceuticals) with P&G and Colgate Palmolive. Principal Investigator, DST project on vaccine adjuvants, Nodal Scientist , CSIR 12th FYP project DENOVA
Vaccine Adjuvants Immunology, Denritic cell target based Vaccine design, Synthetic Cancer Vaccines based on tumor associated Glycopeptide antigens, Epitope based peptide vaccince design, Bioconjugate chemistry, Medicinal chemistry
Research in synthesis of complex carbogenic molecules and development of new synthetic methods, Combinatorial/focused library design, Green chemistry,
Published more than 100 research papers in international journals, Contributed to book chapters.
Member of Editorial Board of several reputed international Scientific journals
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