Pankaj Kumar Singh

Pankaj Kumar Singh
Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Instructor

Biography

My research career began with a quest for radiation countermeasures for acute radiation syndrome with a primary focus on the development of countermeasures for ionizing radiation-induced hematopoietic and gastrointestinal syndrome. I have worked with multidisciplinary teams that include radiobiologists, cancer/molecular biologists, physicians, and chemists and utilized diverse state-of-the-art techniques. During this period, I acquired a multitude of research skills to achieve my goal of becoming an inter-disciplinary professional scientist capable of planning, executing, reviewing, publishing and receiving funding for research projects. In addition, I have devoted significant time and energy to supervise, instruct, and train summer students, laboratory assistants, and various team members of my research collaborators. I also actively participated in several non-sponsored activities which include professional activities such as attending conferences and educational seminars as well as reviewing others' research that are submitted for publication in various scientific journals

Research Interest

Development of effective radiation countermeasure for hematopoietic and/or gastrointestinal syndrome;
Exploring the signal transduction pathways involved in DNA damage repair with implications in radio-modification;
Understanding mechanisms underlying radiation-induced carcinogenesis;
Biological effects of radiation induced free radicals;
Development of novel radiosensitizers for chemo-radiotherapy