Chaitan Khosla, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Chaitan Khosla

Chemical Engineer

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1964

Place of Birth: Pune, Maharashtra, India

Profession: engineer, biochemist, chemical engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Chaitan Khosla

  • Chaitan Khosla Ph.D is the Wells H.
  • Rauser and Harold M.
  • Petiprin Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at Stanford University.
  • He earned his B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1985 and his Ph.D.
  • from the California Institute of Technology in 1990 with Jay Bailey working on the expression of the Vitreoscilla Hemoglobin gene.
  • He did his postdoctoral work at the John Innes Centre with David Hopwood.
  • He has been a professor at Stanford since 1992 and was the chair of the program.
  • His research is focused on two realms, the first are to build a molecular understanding of polyketide synthases and the second is focused on the biochemistry of celiac disease particularly involving tissue transglutaminase.
  • His group play a large role in identifying the role of the a2-gliadin fragment in immune responses.His early research on natural product polyketides led to the founding of Kosan Biosciences in 1995.
  • His work on celiac sprue has resulted in the founding of Alvine Pharmaceuticals and the start of the non-profit, Celiac Sprue Research Foundation.
  • He also serves as an advisor to LS9, Inc and Joule Unlimited.
  • He has won numerous awards including the Alan T.
  • Waterman Award (1999), the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry (1999), the ACS Award in pure chemistry (2000), and the James E.
  • Bailey Award (2011).
  • He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the recipient of a Distinguished Alumnus Award from Caltech.

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