Arumugam R. Jayakumar KMC Bharathidasan University, India (M.Sc., 1991) ALM PIGBMS University of Madras, India (M.Phill, 1992) ALM PIGBMS University of Madras, India (Ph.D., 1998) I have been involved in biomedical research continuously for over 25 years. My research skills include biochemistry, molecular biology, computer simulation, structural studies/computational protein docking approaches, spectroscopic analysis, morphology (conventional histology, immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, immunoelectron microscopy, laser confocal imaging), gene knockout/knock-in approaches, and study on viral pathogenesis. I have been working in hepatitis-mediated brain dysfunction (hepatic encephalopathy, HE), and acute/chronic traumatic encephalopathy for more than 17 years, emphasizing the role of astrocytes and neural cells in these disorders. I am also actively involved in an NIH-funded study on hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (PI, MJ Paidas). I am currently working on SARS-CoV-2 infection. Society for Neuroscience American Society for Neurochemistry International Society for Neurochemistry International Brain Research Organization