Organizing Committee Member
Hari Shanker Sharma
Director of Research
Uppsala University
Sweden
Biography
Hari Shanker Sharma, Director of Research (International Experimental Central Nervous System Injury & Repair, IECNSIR), University Hospital, Uppsala University is Professor of Neurobiology (MRC), Docent in Neuroanatomy (UU) and is currently affiliated with Department of Surgical Sciences, Division of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Uppsala University, Sweden. Dr. Sharma joined the lab of Neuropathology at Uppsala University with Professor Yngve Olsson in 1988 and received the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship of German Government (1989–1991) for work on hyperthermia induced BBB dysfunction in Berlin (Germany). Dr Sharma awarded the Degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences of Uppsala University in Neuroanatomy in 1999 and received Award of the Medical faculty for best work, “The Hwassers Prize†of 1999. The Laerdal Foundation of Acute Medicine, Stavanger, Norway, and European Aerospace Research and Development (EOARD), London, UK and US Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, USA supports his research. Dr. Sharma is the recipient of Distinguished International Scientists Collaboration Award by National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), Baltimore, MD (2006–2008); US TechConnect Global Innovation Award 2013, Washington DC May 12-16, 2013 on his work on Nanowired cerebrolysin in Neuropathic Pain, followed by Nanodelivery of Cerebrolysin and Neprilysin for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, Washington DC, May 14-17, 2017. Hari Sharma has published over 350 research papers and 85 reviews, 14 monographs, and 80 international book chapters and edited 18 book volumes with Current H-index = 40 (ISI Database) as of today. Dr. Sharma at Uppsala University established a network of collaboration on “International Experimental CNS Injury & Repair Research Group†as a lead investigator with eminent collaborators from Europe, USA, and Australia till today (1991-).
Research Area
Neurobiology, Nanoneuroscience