Ravindra Kumar Pandey

Background

Pandey, Ravindra Kumar was born on January 2, 1951 in Almora, India.

Education

Master of Science in Organic Chemistry, University Rajasthan, Jaipur, India. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.

Career

Research associate department chemistry, teacher general chemistry University Rajasthan, 1976-1978. Research officer Research and Development section Suneeta Laboratories Ltd., Indore, India, 1978-1980. Postdoctoral fellow department chemistry University California, Davis, 1980-1983, research associate department chemistry, 1984-1986, visiting scientist, 1990-1992.

Postdoctoral fellow department chemistry University College Cardiff, Wales, 1983-1984. Senior scientist chemistry unit Oncol. Foundation Buffalo, 1986-1990.

Assistant professor department biophysics Roswell Park Cancer Institute/State University of New York, Buffalo, since 1992, assistant professor department chemistry, since 1993. Research associate Indian Council Medical Research, New Delhi, 1977-1978. Member review panel committee National Institutes of Health, 1994.

Achievements

• Achievements include 15 patents for new photosensitizers related to pyropheophorbides, new photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy, new photosensitizing agents, use of purified porphyrin trimers in photodynamic therapy, improved benzophorphyrin derividtes, alkyl ether derivatives, syntesis of isomide analogs of chlorins and bacteriochlorins for diagnosis and treatment of cancer. Research in the synthesis and evaluation of new radiopharmaceuticals.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor over 150 articles to professional publications.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society.