Space : A Promising Frontier

Speaker: Antony Jeevarajan

Date:  October 12th, 2023 (Thursday), 12:00-1pm  (Topeka, Kansas,  time)

Link: Sent to registered participants by e-mail one hour before the talk.

About the speaker:

Antony Jeevarajan currently serves as Deputy Division Chief, Biomedical Research and Environmental Sciences Division at the NASA Johnson Space Center.    Antony received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the Radiation Laboratory of University of Notre Dame and completed his post-doctoral work at the University of Alabama.  He served at Bhabha Atomic Research Center and was Assistant Professor at the Chemistry Dept. of Loyola College.  He did M.Sc. at Loyola College, B.Sc. at Kamaraj College, Schooling at St. Xavier’s High School and Holy Cross Elementary School, Thoothukudi, India.  He has worked in the areas of radiation, photochemistry and electrochemistry of antioxidants. He developed sensing systems for bioreactors involved in tissue engineering in space and has studied the activity of Lunar dust samples. He has received NASA Exceptional Service Medal.