Background
Purohit, Hemant J. was born on February 26, 1961 in Nagpur, Maharshatra, India. Son of Jyotiswarup D. and Kamala J. Purohit.
researcher molecular biologist
Purohit, Hemant J. was born on February 26, 1961 in Nagpur, Maharshatra, India. Son of Jyotiswarup D. and Kamala J. Purohit.
Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Nagpur University, India, 1986.
Scientist National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, 1992—1995, assistant director, 1995—2000, senior assistant director, since 2000. Visiting Fogarty fellow, associate Lab Mol. Biology, National Institute Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1989—1992.
Commonwealth post doctoral fellow department chemistry University Hull, England, 1987—1988.
Expert committee member Department Biotechnology, New Delhi, since 2002. Executive and research council member Central India Institute Medical Sciences, Nagpur, since 1998. Member of Indian Network Soil Contamination Research (life), Association Microbiologists India (life), Society Biological Chemists (life).
Married Krishna H. Vyas. Children: Neha H., Shruti H., Nidhi H.