Rani Ojha

Dr. Rani Ojha, Ph.D., is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), India. Dr. Ojha has completed her Ph.D. in the Urology department, at PGIMER. After her dotoral research, Dr. Ojha pursued her postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. She also did her second postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University, California, USA. Dr. Ojha was offered a permanent research position with the University of Utah as an Assistant Professor (Research Track) in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Oncology at Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA in 2021. Dr. Ojha is a leading researcher in the field of cancer cell biology. Her main research interest areas are mitochondrial metabolism and cancer stem cells. Her research has been published in prestigious international peer-reviewed journals, including, for example, Developmental Cell, Cancer Discovery, Nature Cell Biology, Autophagy, JCI, and Cancer. Her work has been cited more than 14,000 times by other experts worldwide (Google Scholar citation: 16,257; H-index: 18; i10-index: 19). Dr. Ojha is a member of several peer-reviewed boards (Bio Protocol, Frontiers in Cell Biology, Frontiers in Genetics). She serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals (Scientific Reports, Biomolecule, Cancer, Antioxidants, BMC, etc.). Dr. Ojha is guiding several Ph.D., M.Ch. and M.S. students. She received recently the 'Interstellar Initiative for Young Scientists for mentorship” from the New York Academy of Sciences and the Japan Agency of Medical Research and Development.