Name: KINI, R. Manjunatha

Present Appointment: Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Affiliate Professor, Medical College of Virginia, USA
Adjunct Research Scientist, DMRI, Singapore

Research Areas: Structure-function relationships and mechanism of protein toxins; Protein-protein interactions; Protein design & engineering; Thrombosis and hemostasis.

• BSc (1977); MSc (1979); PhD (1983), University of Mysore. Mysore, India

• Japanese Government Ministry of Education Monbusho Fellowship (1985-86)
• John B. Foote Award from Medical College of Virginia (1991-92)
• French Academic Exchange Fellowship to visit France (1996)

• Scientific Officer, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi, INDIA (1984-85)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPAN (1985-86)
• Lecturer in Biochemistry, University of Mysore, Mysore, INDIA (1986)
• Postdoctoral Fellow (1986-92); Research Associate (1992-94) Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, U.S.A.
• Research Fellow (1994-95); Senior Scientist (1996-2000); Associate Professor (2000-2004); Professor (2005-present) Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
• Affiliate Associate Professor (1998-2005); Affiliate Professor (2005-present), Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, U.S.A.

• Co-Chairman (1998-99; 2002-2003; 2005-present); Chairman (1999 -2002; 2004 ) of the Registry of Exogenous Hemostatic Factors, a sub-committee of International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis
• Member of Council of the International Society of Toxinology (2003-present)
• Co-Chairman (2000); Chairman (2002, 2004, 2006) of the Organizing Committee
• International Conferences: 3 Plenary lectures; 27 Invited Talks; Chairman/Co-Chairman of 16 scientific sessions
• Associate Editor of Current Drug Targets; Editorial Advisory Board member for two International journals; Reviewer for 16 international scientific journals; 40-50 manuscripts/year

• Co-founder, ProScience, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, USA (1993-2003)
• Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, ProTherapeutics Private Limited, Singapore (2005-present)

• Consultant to General Medical Industries, Virginia, USA (1998 -2003 )
• Consultant to Perkin Elmer, Singapore (1999 -2004 )

• 28 Patents; 123 Research papers; 23 Reviews and 8 Book chapters
• Edited a monograph 'Venom Phospholipase A 2 Enzymes; Structure, Function and Mechanism' John Wiley, 1997
• Guest editor of three Special issues in International journals (Haemostasis Vol. 31, pp. 117-311, S. Karger, 2002; Current Drug Targets - Cardiovascular and Hematologic Disorders, Bentham Publishers, 2004; Pathophysiology of Haemostasis and Thrombosis, Vol. 34, pp. 145-248, S. Karger, 2006)
• Over 3000 citations; 250-300 citations/year