Background
Renugopalakrishnan, Venkatesan was born on December 19, 1944 in Madras, India. Came to the United States, 1966, naturalized.
Renugopalakrishnan, Venkatesan was born on December 19, 1944 in Madras, India. Came to the United States, 1966, naturalized.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, University Madras, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1974.
Assistant professor University Illinois, 1978-1981. Visiting assistant professor Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1980. Professor Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1981.
Visiting scientist Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1983-1984. Assistant professor biophysics Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1985-1987, associate professor, 1988-1991. Professor University Southern California, Los Angeles, since 1994.
Professor chemistry University Nacional Autonoma Mexico and Harvard University. Senior professor University Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City. Founder BioFold, Inc., Moffett Field, California, since 1999.
Chairman Wallace H Coulter Eminent Scholars, Florida International University Dept Biomedical Engrng., co-chair Expanding Frontiers in Polypeptide and Protein Research, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, 1990. Ad hoc member National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, 1986-1990.
Fellow Royal Society Chemistry (London), Institution of Chemists (India). Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biophysics Society, American Chemical Society, Protein Society, Indian Academy Neuroscis., American Physical Society, Mexican Academy of Sciences, New York. Academy of Sciences, International Union Pure and Applied Chemistry (affiliate), American Peptide Society, Planetary Society.