Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer/Oral Oncology Program

Ranjan Srivastava, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

After receiving his Ph.D. in chemical engineering, Dr. Srivastava went on to carry out his post-doctoral research, with joint appointments in Chemical Engineering and Oncology at the University of Wisconsin. While there, he carried out research on oncovirus kinetics and infection dynamics. He then joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut, where he focused his efforts on understanding how cells and sub-cellular systems interact with each other and lead to disease states in their hosts. To this end, he utilizes tools from chemical engineering, mathematical modeling, and computational biology to address biomedical problems.

Specialty

• Systems Biology
• Metabolic Engineering
• Computational Biology

Location
University of Connecticut, Storrs

Education
B.S., Washington University in St. Louis
M.S., University of Maryland, College Park
Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

Fellowship
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Affiliation

• Chemical, Materials, and Biomolecular Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Head and Neck Cancer Program

Honors and Awards

• ONR Summer Faculty Fellowship (2007)
• NAE/IOM Junior Faculty Vaccine Conference Fellow (2006)
• Rogers Outstanding Teaching Award (2004)
• University of Connecticut Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship (2004)
• NIH Post-Doctoral Trainee in Cancer Biology (2000)

Selected Publications
Knorr A.L., R. Jain, R. Srivastava. Bayesian-based selection of metabolic objective functions. Bioinformatics, 23(3):351-357, 2007.

Srivastava R., J. Varner. Emerging Technologies: Systems Biology. Biotech. Prog., 23(1):24-27, 2007. Top 10 most accessed Biotech. Prog. article of 2007.

Jain R., A.L. Knorr, J. Bernacki, R. Srivastava. Investigation of bacteriophage MS2 viral dynamics using model discrimination analysis and its implications for phage therapy. Biotech. Prog., 22(6):1650-1658, 2006.

Knorr A.L., R. Srivastava. Evaluation of HIV-1 kinetic models using quantitative discrimination analysis. Bioinformatics, 21(8):1668-1677, 2005.

View more publications, see Pubmed listing.

Research Interests

Clinical Research

• Optimizing therapeutic treatment strategies, oral cavity mucositis

Basic Science Research Interests

• Cellular and molecular modeling, metabolic modeling, infectious disease treatment

Languages
English and Hindi