Dr. Somasundaram Arumugam obtained his Pharmacy degree at the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, India in 2003. He completed his postgraduate Degree in Pharmacology at the same University in 2006 and obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Japan in 2014 with a project focused on heart failure pathogenesis and treatment options. He continued his postdoctoral research at the same University, followed by study at Niigata University School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata, India. He received prestigious fellowships including the Takeda Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship, Japan, DST-SERB Ramanujan Fellowship, Government of India, and the JASSO scholarship for Ph.D. in Japan. His main research fields include scientific data development for traditional Indian systems of medicine and pharmacological screening of natural products, in addition to basic research in inflammation-mediated cancer.
Short Biography
Dr. Somasundaram Arumugam obtained his Pharmacy degree at the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, India in 2003. He completed his postgraduate Degree in Pharmacology at the same University in 2006 and obtained his Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Japan in 2014 with a project focused on heart failure pathogenesis and treatment options. He continued his postdoctoral research at the same University, followed by study at Niigata University School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Japan. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in Pharmacology and Toxicology at the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kolkata, India. He received prestigious fellowships including the Takeda Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship, Japan, DST-SERB Ramanujan Fellowship, Government of India, and the JASSO scholarship for Ph.D. in Japan. His main research fields include scientific data development for traditional Indian systems of medicine and pharmacological screening of natural products, in addition to basic research in inflammation-mediated cancer.