Background
Kurumbail, Ravi G. was born on December 22, 1960 in Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India. Son of Kurumbail S. Gopalakrishnan and Kurumbail (Ramakrishnan) Saraswathi.
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Ravi G. Kurumbail, Indian Chemist. Achievements include discovery of structure of hirudin thrombin complex which shows how the protein hirudin from the saliva of leeches is able to prevent blood clotting in its victims; crystal structure determination of cuyclooxgenase-2 in complex with a selective inhibitor. Recipient Merit Level Teaching award Michigan State University, 1986, Merit certified Royal Society of Chemistry, 1983.
Education
Master of Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1983; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Michigan State University, 1989.
Career
Research associate, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1989-1990; visiting research associate, Max-Planck Institute Für Biochemistry, Martinsreid, Germany, 1989; research associate, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dallas, 1990-1994; research associate, Monsanto, St. Louis, since 1994.
Achievements
Membership
President India Club, East Lansing, 1984-1987. Member American Crystallographic Association, Biophysics Society.
Connections
Married Raji R. Kurumbail, May 31, 1966.
