Hara Prasad Misra

Background

Misra, Hara Prasad was born on June 1, 1940 in Khallikote, Orissa, India. Son of Jaya Krishna and Baikoli (Rath) Misra.

Education

ISc, Utkal U., Orissa, 1958; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Utkal U., Orissa, 1962; Master of Science in Nutrition, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1970.

Career

Veterinary medical officer, animal husbandry extension officer, Orissa Government, 1962-1964; instructor department physiology and biochemistry, Orissa U. Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, 1964-1966; graduate research assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1966-1970; associate professor division pathobiology and College Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985-1987; professor department biomedical science Virginia-Maryland. Regional College Veterinary Medical, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, since 1987; head department biological science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1987-1992; director university center for toxicology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1990-1996; postdoctoral fellow, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1971-1973; senior research associate department biochemistry, Duke U., Durham, North Carolina, 1975-1978; assistant professor microbiology, U. Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, 1973-1975; lecturer department physiological science Veterinary School, University of California, Davis, 1978-1980; pulmonary biochemist, adjunct assistant professor department physiological science, University of California, Davis, 1980-1982; assistant member biomembrane/cardiovascular research programs, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, 1982-1985; associate member, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, 1985. Guest lecturer University of California, Davis, 1979-1982.

Visiting professor ophthalmology U. Maryland. Medical Center, Baltimore, since 1983. Adjunct assistant professor department biochemistry and molecular biology U. Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 1982-1985.

Board directors VA Medical Research Foundation, Veterinary Affairs Medical Center, Salem, Virginia, since 1993. Member sci.rev. panel American Institute Cancer Research. Ad-hoc member physical biochemistry study section National Institutes of Health, since 1988.

Proceedings publication committee member American Veterinary Pharmacology andTherapeutics, 1988-1989. Biomedical equipment evaluation committee ABEL Company, Pambrook Virginia, since 1988. Consultant, presenter in field.

Achievements

• Hara Prasad Misra has been listed as a noteworthy Biomedical science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Biological Chemists, American Society Toxicology, Society Free Radical Research, American Society Microbiology, American Chemical Society, Tissue Culture assosiation, New York Academy Sciences, Oklahoma Academy Sciences, American Veterinary Medical Association, Biophysics Society, Rotary (chairman youth exchange program), Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: bridge, chess.

Connections

Married Bijaya Kumari Mahaparta, July 6, 1962. Children: Bahba Ranjan, Bibhu Ranjan, Anoo Shaya.

Father:

Jaya Krishna Misra

Mother:

Baikoli (Rath) Misra

Spouse:

Bijaya Kumari Mahaparta

child:

Anoo Shaya Misra

child:

Bibhu Ranjan Misra

child:

Bahba Ranjan Misra