Ramachandra "(Ram)" S. Hosmane (1944-) is a retired Senior Professor of Organic Chemistry at

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. Dr. Hosmane has over 160 peer-reviewed research publications in reputed international journals. He holds seven U.S. and World patents, some of which have been licensed to industries. His current research focus is on drug discovery for dual inhibition of HCV and

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as well as lung, breast, and prostate cancers.

Early life

Ram Hosmane was born in

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, India and completed

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. In 1966, he earned a B.Sc. in chemistry from Karnataka University,

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, followed by a M.Sc. degree in

Organic Chemistry Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.Clayden, J.; ...

from the same institution in 1968.

Career

Hosmane moved to the United States in the early 1970s to pursue a doctoral degree in

organic synthesis Organic synthesis is a special branch of chemical synthesis and is concerned with the intentional construction of organic compounds. Organic molecules are often more complex than inorganic compounds, and their synthesis has developed into one o ...

and

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at the

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, where he earned

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(1976) and

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degrees (1978). After completing his postdoctoral training (1979–82) at the

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, Hosmane joined

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as an assistant professor in 1982 and was promoted to associate professor with academic tenure in 1986. He was promoted to the rank of full professor in 1994. His research work has been supported by about 50 grants from federal and state agencies such as the

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and the Maryland Industrial Partnerships (MIPS), and private foundations such as the

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, and the Petroleum Research Fund as well as a variety of industrial sources. He has contributed significantly to the development of

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and

. He was honored as the University Presidential Research Professor for 1998–2001. In 1996, he was recognized as Outstanding Mentor of Project SEED of the American Chemical Society. Two major research areas of Hosmane include

blood substitute A blood substitute (also called artificial blood or blood surrogate) is a substance used to mimic and fulfill some functions of biological blood. It aims to provide an alternative to blood transfusion, which is transferring blood or blood-based ...

s based on

hemoglobin Hemoglobin (haemoglobin BrE) (from the Greek word αἷμα, ''haîma'' 'blood' + Latin ''globus'' 'ball, sphere' + ''-in'') (), abbreviated Hb or Hgb, is the iron-containing oxygen-transport metalloprotein present in red blood cells (erythrocyte ...

s and the discovery of

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and

anticancer An anticarcinogen (also known as a carcinopreventive agent) is a substance that counteracts the effects of a carcinogen or inhibits the development of cancer. Anticarcinogens are different from anticarcinoma agents (also known as anticancer or ant ...

compounds based on ring-expanded nucleoside structures. Th Hosmane is a managing editor of '' Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry'' and ''

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'', part of the

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group, and Regional Editor, ''

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'' .http://www.mdpi.org/molecules/

References

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