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Dr.

Venkatakrishna Jala

(He/His/Him)

Assoc Professor

School of Medicine

Orcid identifier0000-0002-4206-7305
  • Assoc Professor
    School of Medicine
  • 1-502-852-5523 (Work)
  • University of Louisville, Microbiology and Immunology, 505 S Hancock St # 323, Louisville, KY, 40202, United States

BIO

VENKATAKRISHNA RAO JALA, PhD., 

Ph.D., 2001
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology

Associate Professor,

Department of Microbiology and Immunology,

UofL-Brown Cancer Center; Member, Immuno-Oncology Program

University of Louisville.

 

505 S Hancock street # 323

Louisville, KY-40202, USA

Email: jvrao001@louisville.edu; 

Phone no: 1-502-852-5523 (Office) 

Website: http://louisville.edu/medicine/departments/microbiology/faculty/jala

 

Publications: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/venkatakrishna%20rao.jala.1/bibliography/public/

   

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
    University of Louisville, Microbiology and Immunology, Louisville, United States2019 - 19 Feb 2026
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Louisville, Microbiology and Immunology, Louisville, United States2007 - 2018
  • Assistant Professor
    University of Louisville, Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, United States2004 - 2019

DEGREES

  • Integrated PhD
    Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bengaluru, India1997 - 2001
  • B.S.
    SriKrishna Devaraya University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh State, INDIA1992 - 1995

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow
    University of Louisville, Brown Cancer Center, Louisville, United States2001 - 2004
    Postdoctoral FellowshipSupervised by Bodduluri BH

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review