Ashok K. Giri
President
Asian Association of Environmental Mutagen Societies (AAEMS)
India
Biography
Dr. Ashok K. Giri, Emeritus Scientist, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) received his Ph.D. and D.Sc. Degree from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of Michigan, USA (1987-89) and Visiting Scientist at the UTMB, Galveston, USA (1993-94). He joined as a Scientist at the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India in 1989 and then moved to IICB, Kolkata in 1996. He is at present the President of the Asian Association of Environmental Mutagen Societies (AAEMS) for the year 2014-2016. He has 105 publications in the reputed International Journals and also served as a Editorial Board member in Mutation Research during 2009 to 2014.
Research Interest
Environmental Toxicology, Genetic Toxicology, Biotechnology, Molecular Genetics, Arsenic Toxicity