Ramachandra S. Hosmane

Ramachandra S. Hosmane
Born	1944 Gokarna, India
Residence	United States
Nationality	American
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Alma mater	University of South Florida; University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Karnatak University

Ramachandra "(Ram)" S. Hosmane (1944-) is a retired Senior Professor of Organic Chemistry at University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Dr. Hosmane has over 160 peer-reviewed research publications in reputed international journals. He holds seven U.S. and World patents, some of which have been licensed to industries. His contributions to the field of Organic Chemistry and medicinal chemistry are notable. He has trained well over 100 undergraduate students, 30 graduate students, and 20 postdoctoral fellows and visiting scientists in his laboratory. His current research focus is on drug discovery for dual inhibition of HCV and HIV as well as lung, breast, and prostate cancers.

Ram Hosmane was born in Gokarna, Uttara Kannada, India and completed Bhadrakali High School, Gokarna. In 1966, he earned a B.Sc in Chemistry from Karnataka University, Dharwar, followed by a M.Sc. degree in Organic Chemistry from the same institution in 1968.

Hosmane moved to the United States in the early 1970s to pursue a doctoral degree in organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry at the University of South Florida, where he earned M.S. (1976) and Ph.D. degrees (1978). After completing his postdoctoral training (1979–82) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Hosmane joined UMBC as an assistant professor in 1982 and was promoted to associate professor with academic tenure in 1986. He was promoted to the rank of full professor in 1994.

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