Dr. Biji T Kurien

Biji T. Kurien completed his M.Phil. and Ph.D. studies in 1989 at the University of Madras, India under the mentorship of Professor R. Selvam. After moving from India to the United States, he first joined the laboratory of Dr. Hiroyuki Matsumoto in 1989 and then joined Dr. Robert H Broyles’ laboratory in 1992, both in Oklahoma City. From 1993 to 2010, he worked as an associate research scientist/senior research scientist at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City with Dr. Hal Scofield, and from 2010 as an associate professor of research at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences. His research interests include the study of free-radical-mediated damage in systemic lupus erythematosus and Sjögren’s syndrome, as well as the role of the nutraceutical curcumin in autoimmune diseases. His publication record includes numerous publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals. In addition, he co-edited with Dr. Hal Scofield several volumes related to Protein Blotting and Detection and Protein Electrophoresis as part of the Methods in Molecular Biology series.