Dr. Mukul Das
Chief ScientistIndian Institute of Toxicology Research, India
Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Food and Nutrition from Kanpur University, India
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Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Food and Nutrition from Kanpur University, India
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Dr. Mukul Das is currently working as Chief Scientist at Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Food and Nutrition from same Institute. He also worked as Senior Research Fellow, Junior Research Fellow, Scientist C, Assistant Director, and Deputy Director at Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, India, Research Associate and Senior Research Associate at Case Western Reserve University and Veterans Administration Medical Centre, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. Dr. Mukul Das received honor includes Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (India) merit fellowship award, recipient of Burroughs Welcome Fund Fellowship Award in honor of Dr Marion Sulzberger, USA, recipient of Schering-Plough Foundation Research Fellowship Award from Dermatology Foundation, USA, recipient of ITRC Technology Award, awarded Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (FNAASc), and Paper cited on Cover Page of Clinical & Exp Allergy, and many others. His research experience focused On Biochemistry and Biochemical Toxicology, Chemical Carcinogenesis and DNA Adduct Formation, Chemoprevention of Carcinogenesis, Xenobiotic Biotransformation With Reference To Toxication and Detoxifation Mechanisms, Neurotoxicity and Neurochemistry, Dermatotoxicology and Dermatophamacology, Prostaglandin Synthetase Dependent Xenobiotic Metabolism, Phototoxicology, Toxicity of Food Adulterants and Contaminants, Nanotoxicology. He supervised 24 research students for PhD dissertation from Lucknow University; Awadh University; Benaras Hindu University; Gorakhpur University and Jamia Hamdard University, and 12 students for MSc dissertation from various Universities. He is also serving as member of editorial board and referee for several journals. He is member of several societies such as American Association for Cancer Research, Society for Investigative Dermatology, USA, International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics, Indian Pharmacological Society, Indian Photobiology Society, and life member of Society of Biological Chemists, India, Society of Toxicology, India, Indian Pharmacological Society, Indian Association for Cancer Research, National Academy of Sciences, Indian Academy of Neurosciences, Association of Food Scientists and Technologists, India, U.P. Association for the Science & Technology Advancement, Environmental Mutagen Society of India, Alumni Association of Department of Biochemistry, Lucknow University, and president of Indian Nanoscience Society. He carried out number of research projects as Principal Investigator and Co-investigator. He has total 273 publications.