Divya Kamath, Ph.D

Professional Background

Dr. Divya Kamath is a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She obtained her bachelor’s and master’s degree in Microbiology. Prior to her Ph.D. she worked in a pharmaceutical industry focusing on drug discovery and development. Dr. Kamath obtained her Ph.D. in molecular biology and biochemistry and went on to pursue her post-doctoral studies in pulmonary and critical care focusing on cystic fibrosis. She joined the department of cancer biology in 2022 and has been working on delivery of nucleic acids across mucosal membranes. She is also working on developing methods for cell free synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins that can be customized for an array of downstream applications

• BSc, Microbiology , University of Mumbai , Mumbai , MH
• MSC, Microbiology , University of Mumbai , Mumbai , MH
• MS, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry , University of Missouri Kansas City , Kansas City , MO
• PhD, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry , University of Missouri Kansas city , Kansas City , MO
• Post Doctoral Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Kansas Medical Center , Kansas City , KS
• Post Doctoral Fellowship, Cancer Biology , University of Kansas Medical Center , Kansas city , KS

Research

Overview

Our research focus has been on utilizing cell free methods to generate nucleic acids as RNA and/or proteins and combining it with nanocarrier delivery to improve cancer therapeutics and detection. We are developing unconventional methods to produce purified proteins with human post-translational modification that can be customized based on the downstream applications.