BSc in Microbiology with honors, Panjab University, 1985 MS in Biology, Rensselaer Poly. Institute, Troy, New York , 1987 PhD in Biology, Rensselaer Poly. Institute, Troy, New York , 1990
Certification
Registered patent agent
Career
Research and teaching assistant, biology department, Rensselaer Poly. Institute, 1985-90; patent examiner, Patent and Trademark Office, US Department Commerce, Washington, 1990-96, primary examiner, supervisory patent examiner (acting), Patent and Trademark Office, 1996—2002; instructor US Patent Academy, 1995—2002; visiting guest lecturer School Sci. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York , 1998—1999, visiting assistant professor, 1999—2002, adj. assistant professor, 2002—2004, adj. associate professor, 2007—; president Bawa Biotech. Consulting, LLC, Ashburn, Virginia, 2002—; adjunct professor natural and applied scis. Extended Learning Institute No. Virginia Community College, Annandale, 2004—
Career Related
Nanotech. and biodef. expert; adv. office tech. commercialization Rensselaer Poly. Institute, 2003—, member board trustees RAA, 2004—; review panel National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 2005, National Science Foundation, Arlington, 2007; speaker in field
Creative Works
Member editorial bd.: International Journal Nanomedicine, Nanotech. Law and Business, associate editor: Nanomedicine; contributor articles to professional journals, chapters to books
Awards
Recipient Talbot Travel award US Biophys. Society, Bethesda, Maryland, 1988, Cert. Appreciation, US Department Commerce, 2001, Rensselaer Alumni Association Dir.'s award, 2001, Rensselaer Key award, 2005.
Achievements
Achievements include research in isolation and biochemical characterization of a new potassium transport protein from mammalian mitochondria, research on membrane transport of cationic anticancer drugs and polyamines in mammalian mitochondria, electron microscopy of animal sperm cells.
Memberships
Fellow: Am. Academy Nanomedicine (board member); mem.: Am. Intellectual Property Law Association, Am. Chemical Society, World Future Society (life; global adv. council), Am. Society Microbiology, Sigma Xi (life)
Family
Son of Sukhdev Raj and Sudesh (Bhalla) B.
Address
Office: 21005 Starflower Way Ashburn VA 20147
Raj Bawa's biography appeared in the following books:
Who's Who in America, 62nd Edition Who's Who in America, 61st Edition Who's Who in America, 60th Edition Who's Who in America, 59th Edition Who's Who in America, 58th Edition Who's Who in American Education, 8th Edition Who's Who in American Education, 7th Edition Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 10th Edition Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 8th Edition Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd Edition Who's Who in the World, 25th Edition Who's Who in the World, 24th Edition
