K. P. Mohanakumar

K. P. Mohanakumar
Born1955
Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
Known forStudies on Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease
Awards
  • 1991 ICMR Young Scientist Award
  • 2000 N-BIOS Prize
  • IPS Uvnas Prize
  • IAN Tulsabai Somani Educational Trust Award
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Kochupurackal P. Mohanakumar (born 1955) is an Indian chemical biologist, neuroscientist and the director of Inter University Centre for Biomedical Research and Super Specialty Hospital, Kottayam. He is a former chief scientist at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology and is known for his studies on Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. The Department of Biotechnology of the Government of India awarded him the National Bioscience Award for Career Development, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to biosciences in 2000.[1]

  1. ^ "Awardees of National Bioscience Awards for Career Development" (PDF). Department of Biotechnology. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2017.