Ankur Kaul

Ankur Kaul is a pharmacist by profession with a blend of expertise in basic as well as radio-pharmaceutical research. She has acquired multi-disciplinary qualification with her Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from Mumbai University, Master’s Degree in Bioinformatics and Ph.D. (Life Science). After a brief stint of working at pharmaceutical companies like Novartis India ltd. and FDC India ltd, she joined INMAS, DRDO in year 2006. She is AERB-certified Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) for biomedical research and is faculty- member for Diploma in Radiation Medicine course (affiliated to University of Delhi) for PG MBBS students. She is also nominated as General Secretary for INMAS-Institutional Human Ethics Committee. Her research interests are radiopharmaceuticals-development for diagnostic application which includes radiolabeling of drugs and nano-particles and their preclinical evaluation. She has successfully developed and translated a ‘diagnostic kit formulation’ from mouse to man for application in early detection of infection. Her research contribution is recognized over 30 international peer-reviewed journals and is life-member of professional bodies like Indian Pharmaceutical Association (IPA) and Society of Nuclear Medicine, India (SNMI) and Delhi Pharmacy Council (DPC) and Indian Society of Nanomedicine (ISNM).