Navin Varadarajan

Dr. Navin Varadarajan is the M.D. Anderson Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston. At the University of Houston, his Single Cell Lab focuses on developing high-throughput screens designed to characterize a wide range of biological functions ranging from the properties of proteins in single cells to antigen mediated cellular cytotoxicity. The development of these assays should serve as versatile platforms for the systemic investigation of B cells and antibodies in autoimmune diseases; characterizing T cell responses in cancer and engineering therapeutic enzymes/antibodies.

Navin is a pioneer of multiple molecular and cellular technologies for immunotherapy. He is an author of 50 papers and seven patent applications, and recipient of multiple young investigator awards.

Navin received a Master's Degree in Organic Chemistry at the India Institute of Science, a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin, and completed Post Doctoral research at the University of Texas and MIT.