CV, Bhanu P.Jena, Ph.D., Fusion pore, Exocytosis, membrane fusion, secretion by Sang-Joon Cho, PhD

Curriculum Vitae

Bhanu P. Jena, Ph.D.
George E. Palade University Professor
Distinguished Professor of Physiology

Director, NanoBioScience Institute

Wayne State University School of Medicine

Short Biographical Sketch

Office Address:

Department of Physiology

5245 Scott Hall

Wayne State University School of Medicine

540E Canfield Avenue

Detroit, MI 48201-1928

USA

Telephone: (313) 577-1532

Fax: (313)-993-4177

E-mail: bjena@med.wayne.edu

Web: http://www.med.wayne.edu/physiology/facultyprofile/jena

Dual Citizen: US-India

Education Baccalaureate: BSc., Utkal University, India, 1975

Graduate: MSc., Utkal University, India, 1978

Ph.D., Iowa State University, USA, 1988

Training

1982-1988 Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Zoology, Iowa State University.

1988-1990 Postdoctoral Associate in Biochemistry, Department of Zoology & Genetics, Iowa State University.

1990-1992 Postdoctoral Associate in Cell Biology, Department of Cell Biology, Yale University.

1992-1993 Associate Research Scientist (Research Assistant Professor), Department of Cell Biology, Yale University .

Faculty Appointments

1994-2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Cancer Center, Yale
University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

2000- Tenured Full Professor, Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of
Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.

2004- Distinguished Professor, Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of
Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.

2004- George E. Palade University Professor, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

Other Professional Appointments:

1998-2000	Director, Yale Drug Discovery & Delivery Center.
1999-2000	Full Member, Yale Cancer Center
2000-	Founder & Director, Institute of NanoBioScience, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
2001-	Full Member, Karmanos Cancer Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan.
2002-	Founder and Co-Director, Asian Institute of Nanoscience & Technology, Pusan, S. Korea.

Service

Presidents Committee on: International Academic Collaborations & Affiliations, Wayne State University.
Promote excellence in global education & research: (Establish sister nano institutes such as the Asian Institute of Nanoscience & Technology in S. Korea, and the Nano Centers in Romania, and Republic of Georgia).
Advisory Board Member in a number of committees, Wayne State University.
Mentor to more than 50 students and post-docs.
Served on NIH Study Sections
Reviewer: Research Proposals for NIH, NSF, DOE, European Research Commission, etc.
Editorial Board Member in international scientific journals.
Reviewer for a number of international scientific journals.
Editor for two books, and two additional books in preparation

Honors/Awards

1976	National Merit Scholarship Awarded by the Government of India.
1978	Utkal University Prasant Ku. Memorial Prize for outstanding scholastic achievement
1978	Utkal University Scholastic Merit Gold Medal
1988	Iowa State University Humanitarian Award
1988	Iowa State University Research Excellence Award
1992 & 93	Twice recipient of the Swebelius Cancer Research Award
1995 & 96	Twice recipient of the OHSE Award, Yale University
2001	Invited Distinguished Speaker to Samsung Co., S.Korea.
2001	State Guest and Invited Distinguished Lecture, Korean National Assembly and Science Advisory Committee.
2001	Invited Keynote Speaker at the International Meeting on Vascular Aging and Angiogenesis, S.Korea.
2002	Wise & Hellen Burroughs Foundation Lecture
2002	Doctor Honoris Causa, , Vasile Goldis University, Romania
2002	Distinguished Visiting Professor, Vasile Goldis University, Romania
2002	Elected Foreign Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology., jointly with Professor Ahmed H. Zewail, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1999.
2002	Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Pusan National University, Korea.
2002	Distinguished Visiting Professor, Pusan National University, Korea.
2002	Hallim Distinguished Lecture, Korean Academy of Science and Technology, jointly with Professor Ahmed H. Zewail, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 1999.
2002	Invited to receive Doctor Honoris Causa, �Iuliu Hatieganu� University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Romania, March, 2003.
2002	Invited to receive Honorary Doctorate, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Spring 2003.
2002	Invited Opening Plenary Lecture at the Romanian Cell Biology Society, June 7-9, 2002, Satu-Mari, Romania.
2002	Invited Keynote Lecture at the 6th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Physical Chemistry, 26-28 September, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
2002	Distinguished Lecture, Serbian National Academy of Science.
2002	Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Vinca Research Institute, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
2003	Wise & Hellen Burroughs Foundation Distinguished Lecture
2003	Honorary Doctorate, 'Babes-Bolyai' University, Romania, May 26, 2003., jointly with Professors George E. Palade, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1974 and G�nter Blobel, Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 1999.
2003	Distinguished Visiting Professor, 'Babes-Bolyai' University, Romania, May 26, 2003.
2003	Honorary Doctorate, Institute of Physiology, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Georgia
2004	Distinguished Professor, Wayne State University
2004	George E. Palade University Professor, Wayne State University
2005	Sir Aaron Klug Award (Aaron Klug is recipient of the1982 Nobel in Chemistry)
2005	Honorary Doctorate in Medicine, �Carol Davila' University, Bucharest, Romania
2005	George E. Palade Distinguished Lecture & Medal, Wayne State University School of Medicine.
2006	Keynote Lecture, International NanoBioScience Conference, Pune, India
2006	Felicitation & Award, Maharashtra Association for Cultivation of Science, Pune, India
2006	Distinguished Visiting Professor, Agharkar Research Institute, Govt. of India, Pune, India
2006	Elected Foreign Member National Academy of Medical Sciences, Romania
2006	G. E. Palade Distinction Medal for excellence in medicine, �Carol Davila' University, Bucharest, Romania
2007	Elected to the Academy of Scholars, Wayne State University
2007	Basic Biological Science Award, American Society of Animal Science

Visiting Professorships

Distinguished Visiting Professor, Vasile Goldis University, Romania, 2002.

Distinguished Visiting Professor, Pusan National University, Korea, 2002.

Distinguished Visiting Professor, �Iuliu Hatieganu� University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Romania, March, 2003.

Distinguished Visiting Professor, �Babes-Bolyai� University, Romania, 2003.

Distinguished Visiting Professor, Agharkar Research Institute, Govt. of India, Pune, India, 2006

Academic Societies

1989 Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science

1989 Full Member of Sigma Xi Scientific Society

1990 Member of the American Society for Cell Biology

2002 Member of the American Physiological Society

2002 Foreign Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology.

2006 Elected Foreign Member National Academy of Medical Sciences, Romania

Recent Selected Lectures

2005 Invited Sir Aaron Klug Distinguished Lecture, Mississippi State University, MS.

2005 Invited Keynote Lecture, Advanced Materials & Nanotechnology Meeting, Christchurch, New Zealand (6-11 Feb.,
2005).

2005 Invited Distinguished Lecture, University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary.

2005 Invited Distinguished Lecture, Agharkar Research Institute, India.

2005 Invited Distinguished Lecture, Physics Institute, Bhubaneswar, India.

2006 Invited Keynote Lecture, Genome Science & Technology, University of Tennessee & Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Knoxville, TN.

2006 Invited Keynote Lecture, International NanoBioScience Meetings, Pune, India.

2006 Invited Speaker, EMBO/ Nanoscience, Lintz, Austria.

2006 Invited Plenary Lecture, International Meeting on Advanced Spectroscopies on Biomedical &
Nanostructured Systems, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

2007 Invited Keynote Speaker, International Symposium Biological Sensorics: Critical Technologies for
Future Biosystems. Minneapolis, MN, USA.

2008 Invited Plenary Lecture, International Scanning Probe Microscopy Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA.

Link to: Selected Publications on Secretion & Membrane Fusion