Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami
Assistant Director of Technology and Innovation, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
NanoTherapeutics Research Laboratory
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Gautier Building Room #437
1011 NW 15th Street
Miami, FL 33136-1019
Email: shantadhar@med.miami.edu
Office: (305) 243-1292
Fax: (305) 243-3955

PhD, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (2005)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Johns Hopkins University (2006-2007)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2007-2010)
Assistant Professor, University of Georgia (2010-2016)
Associate Professor (Tenured), University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (2016-Present)

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Biography

Shanta was born in West Bengal, India. She received her Ph. D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Her graduate work was in the area of bioinorganic chemistry with the overall goal being to develop copper(II) complexes to effect photocleavage of double stranded DNA at longer wavelengths. In 2006, she came to this side of the globe and joined Johns Hopkins University as a postdoctoral fellow where she worked in the area of bioorganic chemistry with Prof. Marc M. Greenberg developing fluorescent sensors for the detection of various DNA lesions. In 2007, Shanta joined the group of Prof. Stephen J. Lippard at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and her postdoctoral studies were focused on nanocarrier-mediated delivery of platinum-based drugs for their potential applications in cancer. Shanta was an Assistant Professor in the chemistry department, University of Georgia during August 2010- 2016. She joined the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in June 2016.

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Honors/Awards/Recognitions/Grants

2023 - Translational and Clinical Oncology Shared Resource Funding from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
2022 - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Support Program
2021 - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Bridge Funding Support Program
2021 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry 
2021 - Elected full member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society 
2020 - Women in Academic Medicine Trailblazer Award at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
2020 - Cancer Epigenetics Pilot Project grant from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
2019 - Sylvester Team Science Grant from SCCC Tumor Biology and Cancer Control Research Program
2019 - Sylvester NCI/NIH Funding Program Award from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
2018 - Florida Department of Health Bankhead-Coley Cancer Research Grant
2018 - Tenure at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine effective June 2016
2017 - Barth Syndrome Foundation grant
2017 - Florida Department of Health Zika Research Grant
2016 - Synform Young Career Focus
2015 - NIH-R01 grant from the NINDS
2015 - Thieme Chemistry Journal Award
2014 - Georgia's best and brightest: 2014 Georgia Trend's list of 40 Under 40
2014 - Georgia top medical researchers by Atlanta Business Chronicle
2014 - NIH-R56 (NIH High priority award) grant from the NHLBI
2014 - Seahorse Bioscience Young Scientist Travel Award
2013 - National Scientist Development Award, American Heart Association
2012 - Targeting Mitochondria 2012 Award for Scientific Contribution Award
2012 - Prostate cancer idea development award, Department of Defense
2011 - Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
2008 - Anna Fuller Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Oncology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2005 - Prof. S. Sunderajan Best thesis award, Indian Institute of Science
2001 - Vasudevamurthy-Soundararajan Prize, Indian Institute of Science
1998 - Gold medal from University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, India
1996 - Silver medal from University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, India
1993-1998 - National merit scholarship, Government of India