Satu Motilal Somani

Background

Somani, Satu Motilal was born on March 14, 1937 in Hingoli, India. Son of Motilal B. and Tulsabal Somani. came to the United States, 1961.

Education

Master of Science in Biochemistry, Poona (India) U., 1959; Master of Science in Pharmacy, Duquesne U., 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, Liverpool (England) University, 1969.

Career

Research fellow, U. Pittsburgh, 1969-1970; instructor, U. Pittsburgh, 1970-1971; assistant professor pharmacology, University Pittsburgh, 1971-1974; associate professor, Southern Illinois U. School Medicine, Springfield, 1974-1982; professor pharmacology and toxicology, Southern Illinois U. School Medicine, Springfield, since 1982.

Achievements

• Satu Motilal Somani has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacologist, toxicologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Pharmacology in Exercise and Sports (Handbooks in Pharmacology and Toxicology)

    (This is the first book to describe the pharmacological in...)

Membership

Founder, treasurer First Hindu Temple in the United States, Pittsburgh, 1970-1974. Chair Asian Indian Political Action Committee Control Illinois, 1989-1992. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Society Toxicology, American Chemical Society (chair Decatur-Springfield chapter 1981-1983), Assn.Scientists of Indian Origin (chair 1987-1988).

Connections

Married Shipra Somani, November 5, 1966. Children: Indira, Sheila.

Father:

Motilal B.

Mother:

Tulsabal Somani

Spouse:

Shipra Somani

child:

Sheila Somani

child:

Indira Somani