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Dr Sivakumar Gowder got his academic training
and carried out his research in institutions of high academic ranking
in
India
and US. He earned his PhD from the University of Madras, India and continued
his research at
AIIMS,
India.
He then moved to US to continue his research at
the UT Southwestern Medical Center,
LSU
Medical
Center,
and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Currently, he is working as
an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at the
Qassim
University,
KSA. Sivakumar received several prizes / awards during his academic career.
He has developed his own methods / techniques relevant to his research
projects. He has published research and review articles in many
international journals.
He has also edited basic / health sciences books (Cholera, Cell Interaction
and Toxicity and Drug Testing / European publications).
Currently, he serves as an author / editor for books; an editor in chief for
an international journal; an editorial member; and a reviewer for many
journals and is a fellow of various
international organizations. He has been nominated as an
external examiner of doctoral (PhD) thesis work for international
universities.
Sivakumar has served as an invited speaker and a
chairperson for international conferences.
Research Activities:
Signaling pathway; Alcohol / drug metabolism; Phosphate metabolism /
transport; Vitamin transport; Molecular evaluation of toxicity and diseases;
Xenobiotic biotransformation; Nutritional biochemistry; Food toxicology;
Free radical biology -oxidative stress and cellular injury; Cellular
transport and pharmacological binding; Cell culture studies and cellular
assays; Surgery – uninephrectomy, cellular growth and hypertrophy;
Pathological / clinical diagnosis; General toxicological / carcinogenic
evaluation; Anti cancer drugs – activity/ toxicity; Development of methods
and techniques
Address for correspondence:
Dr Sivakumar Gowder
Associate Professor
Qassim University
(Ministry of Higher Education, Govt. KSA)
P.Box. 6800
Buraidah – 51452
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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