Dinesh Thotala, PhD

Dinesh Thotala, PhD

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Division of Cancer Biology, Washington University School of Medicine

Research Interest

Experimental therapeutics, specifically improving radio-therapeutic treatment. Two major areas of my research include enhancing the radiation response of vascular endothelium and increasing the radio-protection of normal neuronal cells.

Education

  • 1993: MS, microbiology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
  • 1998: PhD, microbiology, University of Agricultural Sciences

Training

  • 1998 - 2001: Research fellow, microbiology and cell biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
  • 2001 - 2004: Postdoctoral fellow, infectious diseases and microbiology, University of Pittsburgh
  • 2004 - 2009: Postdoctoral fellow, radiation oncology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.