Arun Kumar's Biography

Arun Kumar, Assistant Professor, University of Delaware

Dr. Kumar has received his PhD from University of Delhi, India in 2003 in Chemistry with the emphasis on the development of Clinical Biosensors. In 2003 Dr. Kumar has joined Prof. Joseph Wang’s Research group as post-doctoral fellow at New Mexico State University. In 2004 Dr. Kumar has joined University of South Florida as a research assistant professor at Nanomaterial Nanomanufacturing Research Center (NNRC). In 2005 he joined college of health sciences in department of internal medicine as a faculty and his main research was focused on nanomedicine, immunology and cancer. Dr. Kumar has joined in 2010 as nanomedicine division director at Center for Diagnostics Nanosystems (CDN) at Marshall University in West Virginia. In 2011 he joined as an assistant professor in department of medical laboratory science at university of Delaware he also has joint appointment with department of biomedical engineering at university of Delaware. Dr. Kumar has received top referee of year award in 2006 and 2007 from Elsevier and Editor of Biosensor and Bioelectronics. Dr. Kumar is also a Charter Member of Academy of Innovation at university of South Florida, USA. Dr. Kumar’s research is currently focused on how nanotechnology can be used to solve clinical problems like cancer, cardiovascular disease and develop new approaches for tissue engineering. Dr. Kumar has filled more than 26 patents on his research related to biosensors and nanotechnology. He also served at many study sections at National Science Foundation, National Institutes for Health and other federal grant agencies of USA. In August 2012 he organized and served as chair of an international conference on Nanomedicine in Drug Delivery and Cancer diagnosis at University of Delaware, USA.