Dr. Sreekumar Raghavakaimal SCIENTIST • RESEARCHER • ACADEMIC LEADER Ph.D. Organic Chemistry (IIT Madras)
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Mayo Clinic Director & Associate Professor (2001–2007) SVP & CDO, NFCR (2009–Present)
Dr. Sreekumar Raghavakaimal is a distinguished scientist, researcher, and academic leader with over three decades of seminal contributions to biomedical science, proteomics, genomics, and translational disease research. He earned his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, and has dedicated his career to deciphering the molecular pathways of disease. During his tenure at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (2001–2007), Dr. Raghavakaimal served as Associate Professor and directed two core research laboratories supporting 58 Mayo investigators across 44 NIH-funded grants. His pioneering core operations delivered advanced microarray, proteomics, and metabolomics services that underpinned breakthroughs in diabetes, liver pathology, aging, and oncology. Since 2009, Dr. Raghavakaimal has served as Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer at the National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR), driving global scientific initiatives, foundation partnerships, and international tissue bank expansions. Additionally, he provides specialized expertise as an Education Consultant and Pharmaceutical Consultant.
SCIENTIST & RESEARCH PROFILE
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
Education Consultant / Pharmaceutical Consultant 2015–PRESENT
1993
Educational & Biotech/Pharma Advisory
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry
Providing high-level consultancy in educational curricula, pharmaceutical science research, biology, chemistry, and standardized scientific exam preparation (MCAT, SAT, ACT).
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) Dissertation in zeolite-catalyzed synthesis; publications in Tetrahedron Letters.
1987
Senior Vice President & Chief Development Officer 2009–PRESENT
M.Sc., Chemistry University of Kerala, India
National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) Leads strategic fundraising programs, marketing, communications, corporate foundation partnerships, and tissue bank expansion initiatives across Asia.
1981
B.Sc., Chemistry & Physics University of Kerala, India
Associate Professor
2001–2007
Mayo Clinic / Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN Appointed Associate Professor; led academic instruction, graduate mentorship, and high-impact biomedical research programs.
Director – Mayo Genomic Center Microarray Core
2003–2007
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota Oversaw Affymetrix microarray profiling and real-time qPCR technologies supporting over 72 active NIH R01 grants.
Dr. Sreekumar Raghavakaimal — Professional Biography
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