Dr Robin Mathew

Dr. Robin Mathew an associate researcher at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, USA.  He obtained his PhD from The Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai where he was a Lady Tata Research Fellow.  He is the recipient of the World Laboratory Scholarship at the University of California.  His major research includes Cancer Metabolomics, Autophagy and damage mitigation, Cell death pathways and Cancer

Research Experience

04/04-present    The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ), Dept. of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ.

 03/99-09/00       All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), (Federal Dept. of Health), New Delhi, India.

 09/95-03/99       Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) (Dept. of Atomic Energy), Mumbai, India.

 01/98-07/98       University of California (The World laboratory Scholar)

Academic Qualification

1995-1999         Doctor of Philosophy, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Dept. of Atomic Energy), Mumbai, India.

1989-1992         Master of Science, School of Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatanam, India.

1986-1989         Bachelor of Science, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India.

Awards/Scholarships

2009                 Gallo Award for Scientific Excellence, New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research (NJCCR) 09. 

2008                 AACR Scholar-in-Training Award, American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting, 2008. 

2007                 Annual Award for Scientific Excellence 2007, New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research (NJCCR).

2006                 Gallo Award in Cancer Research, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey/ New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research (NJCCR).

2004                 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Grant, New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research (2004-2005).

2000                 International Society for Preventive Oncology (ISPO) – Young Investigator Award (Travel Grant) for oral presentation in the International Symposium on Predictive and Preventive Oncology, Geneva, Switzerland.

1998                 World Laboratory International Student Scholarship (1998-1999)-Awarded by the International Center for Science Culture, Geneva, Switzerland.

1998                 Young Investigator Award (Full Travel Grant), by American College of Radiology, USA, for oral presentation at the 10th International Conference on Radio Modification of Radiation Therapy of Cancer, Florida.

1998                 Sir Dorabji Tata International Travel Grant, The Dorabji Tata Foundation, Mumbai, India.

1998                 Sir Ratan Tata International Travel Grant, Lady Ratan Tata Memorial Foundation, Mumbai, India.

1997                 Honorary D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) by the Medicina Alternativa, International Open University for Complimentary Medicine at “International symposium on integrating healing methods”, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

1996                 Best Poster Award by Indian Association of Clinical Biochemists (IACB), for the poster presented at the XXIII Annual Conference, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

1995                 Lady Tata Senior Research Fellowship for graduate program on Radiation Biology of Cancer at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India (1995-98).

1993                 Department of Science and Technology Junior Research Fellowship (State of Maharashtra), The Institute of Science, Mumbai, India (1993-95).

1992                 Inter-University Consortium - Department of Atomic Energy (IUC-DAE) Junior Research Fellowship, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Calcutta, India (1992-93).

1992                 Prof. M.N Sastry University Gold Medal for #1 rank in M.S., Nuclear Chemistry, Andhra University, Visakhapatanam, India.

Memberships/Affiliations to Scientific Bodies

2008-present     Associate Member, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

2000-present     The World Federation of Scientists, Geneva, Switzerland (Member).

2000-present     Society of Young Scientists (SYS), AIIMS, India (Life Member).

1996-present     Indian Nuclear Society (INS) (Life Member).

1995-present     Indian Society for Mass Spectrometry (ISMAS) (Life Member).

1995-present     Society for Cancer Research and Communication (SCRAC), India (Member by invitation),

Selected Recent Publications

1.       Robin Mathew et al., (2009) Cell 137 (6): 1062-1075.

·            Featured Leading Edge Minireview on this paper by Jorge Moscat (2009). Cell 137 (6): 1001- 1004.

§            Research Highlight by Wei Wong (Editors Choice).

Science Signaling. 2, ec201 (2009) (Science/AASS/Sceincemag.org)..

§            Highlighted in: EMBO reports 10, 8, 827–831 (2009) (www.nature.com/embor)

2.       Robin Mathew et al., (2009)  Methods in Enzymology. Vol. 453, Pages 53-81

3.       Robin Mathew et al., (2008) Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 446, Chapter 5, Pages 77-106.

4.       Karp, C., Tan, T.T., Mathew, R., et al.,  Cancer Research, 68(11): 4105-15.

5.       Robin Mathew et al., (2007) Nature Rev. Cancer, 7(12): 961-967; (Advance online article).

6.       Robin Mathew et al., (2007) Genes & Dev.  21:1367-1381 (Advance online article).

·         Research Highlight by McCarthy, N. (2007). 

Surviving the tumor suppressor. Nature Reviews Cancer, 7: 490-491.

·         Research Highlight by Packer A., (2007). 

Autophagy and Genomic Instability.  Nature Genetics, 56 (7), 825.

7.       Karantza-Wadsworth, V., Patel, S., Kravchuk, O., Chen, G., Mathew, R.,  et al., (2007).  Genes & Dev.  21:1621-1635.

·         Research Highlight in brief, Nature Reviews Cancer, 7: 1 (2007).

8.       Robin Mathew and Eileen White (2007). Autophagy 3:502-505.

9. Andrianasolo EH, Haramaty L, Degenhardt K, Mathew R, et al., (2007). J Nat. Prod.  70(10):1551-7.

10.   Shimazu, T., Degenhardt, K., Nur-E-Kamal, A., Zhang, J., Yoshida, T., Zhang, Y., Mathew, R., et al.,  (2007). Genes & Dev. 21:929-941.

11.   Jin, S., DiPaola, R.S., Mathew, R., et al.,   (2007).  J. Cell Sci.  120:379-383.

12.   Robin Mathew and Eileen White (2006).  Clin. Cancer Res. 12:3648-3651.

13.   Degenhardt, K^*., Mathew, R^* et al., (2006). Cancer Cell 10:51-64. (* Co-First Authors)