Santosh Kumar Chandrasekaran

Background

Chandrasekaran, Santosh Kumar was born on July 8, 1942 in Delhi, India. Came to the United States, 1964, naturalized, 1985. Son of Chidambara and Lakshmi (Venkatram) Chandrasekaran.

Education

Bachelor Technology in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1964. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, 1964. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, University California, Berkeley, 1965.

Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1971.

Career

Research assistant University California, Berkeley, 1964-1965, 1967-1971, teaching assistant in mass transfer, 1968, teaching assistant polymer science, 1969, teaching assistant process design, 1970. Senior engineer E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company, Gibbstown, New Jersey, 1965-1967. Development engineer ALZA Corporation, Palo Alto, California, 1971-1976, principal scientist, 1976-1981.

Associate project leader, transdermal delivery program ALZA Research division ALZA Corporation, 1972-1978, director engineering science, 1974-1978. Project leader, transdermal delivery program Sandoz, Inc., 1977-1979, director physical science, 1979-1981. Teaching assistant applied chemistry and chemical engineering Stanford (California) University, 1974.

Director research and development Abcor, Inc., Wilmington, Massachusetts, 1981-1982. Vice president technical affairs Sola Syntex Opthalmics, Phoenix, 1982-1987. Vice president development In Site Vision, Alameda, California, since 1987.

Member panel on controlled release theory, University Akron, Ohio, 1975, program consultant 28th annual conference on engineering in medicine and biology, 1975. Visiting professor University Utah, Salt Lake City, 1981.

Achievements

• Santosh Kumar Chandrasekaran has been listed as a noteworthy chemical engineer, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Institute Chemical Engineers (vice-chairman program committee 1979, session chairman 1980, publication chairman food, pharmaceutical and bioengineering division since 1980), New York Academy of Sciences, American Pharmaceutical Association, American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Uma Anant, July 2, 1967. Children: Rajiv, Ravi.

Father:

Chidambara Chandrasekaran

Mother:

Lakshmi (Venkatram) Chandrasekaran

Spouse:

Uma Anant

child:

Ravi Chandrasekaran

child:

Rajiv Chandrasekaran