Nitric Oxide: From Research to Therapeutics, 1st ed. 2023 Advances in Biochemistry in Health and Disease Series, Vol. 22

Prof. Arunabha Ray is Head, Dept. of Pharmacology, Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (HIMSR), Hamdard University, New Delhi, India. He was formerly Director, Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Director-Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology at Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, University of Delhi, and Dean, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Delhi. Prof. Ray graduated in Medicine from the University of Calcutta and subsequently obtained MD and PhD degrees in Pharmacology from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Delhi. He has more than 40 years of teaching and research experience in basic and clinical pharmacology and allied biomedical sciences. He received postdoctoral training in universities and institutes in Canada and USA and specialized in research skills in the area of neuropharmacology and immunopharmacology. During his academic career, he has mentored research of several postgraduate and doctoral students as well as postdoctoral fellows, who have later proceeded to make a mark for themselves as successful researchers/professionals in their chosen fields. Prof. Ray is internationally recognized as one of the leading exponents in the area of nitric oxide (NO) research. He showed through his innovative research that NO played a significant role as an endogenous regulatory molecule during stress and proposed NO mediated signaling pathways for stress induced anxiogenesis, immunomodulation, and gastric ulceration, as well as for stress adaptation. Prof. Ray continues to be a prolific researcher, and his research has been recognized at the highest level which has led to several awards, honors and fellowships. Prof. Ray has been invited to several global scientific platforms (most notably to several IUPHAR meetings), international academic institutions/universities to deliver lectures on his area of research expertise and has been the recipient of several honors/awards/fellowships throughout his career