Biography
Ganesh Thakur, an associate professor in Northeastern’s Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, is hunting for a way to stop the opioid epidemic. He has created a chemical compound that could enhance the body’s own ability to relieve pain without putting patients at risk of becoming addicted.
Awards and Honors
1995 Recipient of Fellowship of University Grant Commission (UGC, India) as a Junior Research Fellow
1998 Recipient of Fellowship of University Grant Commission (UGC, India) as a Senior Research Fellow
1998 Recipient of “Best Paper Presentation Award” in XIVth Carbohydrate Conference Conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in collaboration with Association of Carbohydrate Chemists & Technologists, India
2009 Early Career Development Award in Chemistry of Drug Abuse and Addiction (ECHEM) from NIDA
2011 Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Pharmacy, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
2014 The Schumacher Award for Excellence in Research, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
2015 RISE (Research, Innovation, Scholarship, and Expo) Award in Health Sciences, NEU, Boston, 2015
(Graduate Student: Abhijit Kulkarni)
2015 Nominated for Northeastern University’s University-wide “Excellence in Teaching Award.”
2015 Nominated for “Bouve College Distinguished Educator Award” for the year 2015.
2015 Guest Speaker, Rho Chi Society’s Annual Lecture Series, 2015.
2018 Best Patent Award from the Boston Patent Law Association (BPLA). Patent Title: Allosteric Modulators of CB1 Cannabinoid Receptor. *United States Patent #9,926,275 B2
2019 Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Pharmacy, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
2022 RISE (Research, Innovation, Scholarship, and Expo) Award in Health Sciences, NEU, Boston, MA 02115 (Graduate Student: Lucas Cantwell)
2023 Hind Rattan Award, Given by the NRI Welfare Society of India
2023 Distinguished Mentor Award, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.
