Narayan Sadashiv Hosmane

Narayan S. Hosmane (born 30 June 1948) is an Indian-born cancer research scientist and a distinguished research professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He was featured in NRI Achievers magazine. He is a two-time recipient of the Humboldt Research Award for senior scientists, an annual award presented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, Germany, to scientists worldwide in recognition of their career accomplishments.

He founded "Boron in the Americas" (formerly known as BUSA) and hosted the organization's first meeting in Dallas in April 1988. He has published over 300 papers in scientific journals and was ranked by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in the top 50% of the most cited chemists in the world from 1981–1997. and listed in Who's Who in the World.

After postdoctoral research at Queen's University Belfast, he joined the Lambeg Industrial Research Institute in Northern Ireland, and then moved to the United States to study carboranes and metallacarboranes.

Professional career Year Professional Career 1974–1975 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Queen's University Belfast w/ Frank Glockling. 1975–1976 Research Scientist, Catalysis Section, Lambeg Industrial Research Institute, N. Ireland 1976–1977 Research Associate, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama w/ W. E. Hill and F. A. Johnson. 1977–1979 Research Associate, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia w/ Russell N. Grimes. 1979–1982 Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. 1982–1986 Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University. 1986–1989 Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University. 1989 – 7/1998 Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, Southern Methodist University. 8/1998 – 7/2001 Full Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. 7/2001 – 6/2005 Presidential Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. 7/2005–present Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.7/2008–present Board of Trustees Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL.

Professional affiliations Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (CChem FRSC) 2010 2010 Inaugural Recipient of NIU Faculty Mentor Award from Northern Illinois University, USA 2008 2008 Inaugural Board of Trustees Professorship Award from Northern Illinois University, USA 2005 Gauss Professor, Göttingen Academy of Sciences, Germany 2003 Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Distinguished Chair of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, India 2001 Humboldt Research Award for US Senior Scientists from Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Bonn, Germany 2001 Outstanding Grant Acquisition Award from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 2001 Presidential Research Professorship Award, for significant and sustained scholarly or creative work, including the achievement of national and international reputation in the chosen field of research, from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 1996 BUSA Award for Distinguished Achievements in Boron Science from the Awards Committee of Boron in the USA (BUSA) Workshop held in Guanajuato, Mexico 1994 India International Gold Award, India International Gold Medal & Mother India International Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Education (Chemistry) for the year 1994 from NRI Institute, New Delhi, India 1994 Camille and Henry Dreyfus Scholar / Fellow Award for the year 1994 from The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, Inc., New York 1987 Sigma Xi Outstanding Research Award for the year 1987 from the Society of Sigma Xi, Southern Methodist University Chapter 1981 Co-recipient of the Sigma Xi President's and Visitors' Research Prize, University of Virginia Chapter, Sigma Xi