Girdhar Sharma, PhD

Girdhar Sharma, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Instructor of Radiation Oncology, Division of Cancer Biology, Washington University School of Medicine

Research Interest

Epigenetics, stem cell radiation response, chromatin and DNA damage response, apoptosis, DNA repair, post-translational histone modifications, oncogenesis.

Education

  • 1992: MS, zoology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
  • 2000: PhD, molecular genetics and cytogenetics, Banaras Hindu University

Training

  • 2000 - 2002: Postdoctoral research scientist, radiation oncology, Columbia University, New York
  • 2002 - 2006: Postdoctoral research associate, radiation and cancer biology, Washington University, St. Louis