Background
Pagala, Murali Krishna was born on October 2, 1942 in Sri Kalahasti, Andhra, India. Son of Lakshmaiah and Radhamma (Bhimavaram) Pagala. came to the United States, 1970.
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Murali Krishna Pagala, American Physiologist. Achievements include development in vitro electromyographic, electrocardiographic and multi-muscle chambers to evaluate the function of skeletal muscle, heart and smooth muscule preparations from experimental animals and human subjects; and development of consumer products. E-mail: [email protected].
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, S. V. University, Tirupati, A.P., India, 1969; Master of Science in Computer Science, Pratt Institute, New York, 1985.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, Institute for Muscle Disease, New York City, 1970-1973;
assistant member, Institute for Muscle Disease, New York City, 1974;
associate research scientist, New York University, New York City, 1974-1975;
assistant to director Neuromus Disease Division, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, 1975-1989;
director neuromuscular research, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, since 1990. Visiting scientist II Physiological Institute, U. Saarlandes, Hamburg, Germany, 1981, 82. Science consultant United Nations Development Programme/TOKTEN Program, Calcutta, India, 1990, NIGMS/Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology Machine-Readable Cataloging Program Grambling State University, Louisiana, 1992, 95.
Chair science conferences, participated in Science Congress, Germany, 1990, Israel, 1992, Japan, 1994, 95, Australia, 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Life member Telugu Association of North American, 1989. Science fair judge New York Academy.Scis., New York City, since 1986. Member New York Academy Sciences, American Physiological Society, Association Scientists of Indian Origin in American (president 1993-1994).
Connections
Married Vijaya Bhimavaram, December 12, 1969. Children: Sobhan, Suresh.
Awards
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Named Best speaker Zoological Society of S. V. University, 1964, Best Basic Research paper Maimonides Medical Center, 1983, 88, 94, 95, 97. Grantee Maimonides Research Development Foundation, fatigue research, since 1986, drug abuse research, 1989-1975,aging research, since 1995, urinary bladder research, since 1997, spinal cord protection, since 1997, anesthesiology research, since 1997.Named Best speaker Zoological Society of S. V. University, 1964, Best Basic Research paper Maimonides Medical Center, 1983, 88, 94, 95, 97. Grantee Maimonides Research Development Foundation, fatigue research, since 1986, drug abuse research, 1989-1975,aging research, since 1995, urinary bladder research, since 1997, spinal cord protection, since 1997, anesthesiology research, since 1997.