Biographical Info

Education History
PhD, Biochemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, 2010
MSc, (Biochemistry), Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, 2005
BSc, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, 2003

Academic positions
     2018-present Honors College Fellow. Honors College, UIC.
2020-Present, Member, Committee on Student Learning Environment, UIC

Research Grants and Awards
CSIR-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellowship, India, 2012
ICMR-Junior Research Fellowship (JRF/SRF), India, 2006-2010
Postgraduate-Merit Fellowship, 2003-2005
W81XWH2010650 Department of Defense Career Development Grant 2020-2023
Department of Science & Technology, India Inspire Grant, 2012-2017

Editorial Appointments
2021-Present, Associate Editor, Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, SAGE Publications
2020-Present, Editorial Board Member, Clinical Medicine Insights: Endocrinology and Diabetes, SAGE Publications.
2021-Present, Editorial Board Member, PLOS ONE Journals.
2018-2020, Guest Editor, Technology in Cancer Research & Treatment, SAGE Publications
2013-2014, Guest Editor, Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Chemistry, Dietary Sources and Health Effects, Nova Publications Inc

Selected Publications:
MW Khan, M Priyadarshini, J Cordoba-Chacon, TC Becker, BT Layden. Hepatic hexokinase domain containing 1 (HKDC1) improves whole body glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity in pregnant mice. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)- Molecular Basis of Disease. 2019; 1865(3) 678-687. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2018.11.022. PMID: 30543855

Md. Wasim Khan*, Brian T. Layden, Partha Chakrabarti. Inhibition of mTOR complexes protects cancer cells from glutamine starvation induced cell death by restoring Akt stability. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)- Molecular Basis of Disease. 2018; 1864(6) A 2040-2052. doi: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2018.03.013. PMID: 29555211. (Selected for BBA collection on ‘Programmed Cell Death’ 2018).

Khan MW, Biswas D, Ghosh M, Mandloi S, Chakrabarti S, and Chakrabarti P. mTORC2 Controls Cancer Cell Survival by Modulating Gluconeogenesis. Cell Death Discovery 2015; 1, 15016; doi:10.1038/cddiscovery.2015.16.

Additional Honors

UIC Honors College Undergraduate Research Grant to Ismihan Uddin (Role: PI), 2021

Gold Medal Award for Poster Presentation; UIC College of Medicine Research Symposium to Ismihan Uddin (Role: PI), 2022.