Vasanthy ‘Vas’ Narayanaswami, PhD, FAHA
Professor of Biochemistry
Education
PhD, Indian Institute of Technology (Madras), Chennai, India Postdoctoral training: Alexander von Humboldt fellow, University of Dusseldorf, Germany, and, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Past position Associate Scientist, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA At California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) since 2008 Research interests: ApoE, apoAI, HDL and Cholesterol Transport in Aging and Disease, Nanomedicine, Lipoproteomic changes during transendothelial transport |
Discipline: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Neurobiology, Molecular Spectroscopy, Cell Biology
Teaching Interest
Biochemistry CHEM 441A, 441B, 541 and 542 (Lipids & Lipoproteins in Health & Disease), 595 Colloquium
Research class: CHEM 496, 697, 698
Training
Program Director/Principal Investigator
NIH T34 Training Program: CSULB U-RISE Program
Program Director
NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Partnership (LSAMP) https://web.csulb.edu/colleges/cnsm/sas/lsamp/
Awards and Honors
Fulbright Scholar Award, 2023-2024
CSULB President’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement, 2022-2023
CSULB Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award, 2022
CNSM Mayfield Award, 2020
CSULB Outstanding Professor Award, 2020
CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) Faculty Research Award, 2020
CNSM 2018 Faculty Excellence Award aka ‘Pretty Darn Good Professor’ Award
Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA), 2017
CSULB Professors Around the World, Globalization Initiative Travel Award, 2015
CSULB Outstanding Faculty Mentor for Student Engagement in Research Award, 2014
CSULB CNSM Most Valuable Professor, 2013
RELEVANT LINKS
NIH T34 CSULB U-RISE Program: https://www.csulb.edu/college-of-natural-sciences-and-mathematics/u-rise
NSF LSAMP Program: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/home.html
American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology, Women’s Leadership Committee: https://professional.heart.org/professional/MembershipCouncils/ScientificCouncils/UCM_457500_Arteriosclerosis-Thrombosis-and-Vascular-Biology---Womens-Leadership-Committee.jsp
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology, Diversity Committee:
CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone: (562) 985-4953
Email: [email protected]
Office: MLSC-247
Research Laboratory: MLSC-243
Teaching Interest
Biochemistry CHEM 441A, 441B, 541 and 542 (Lipids & Lipoproteins in Health & Disease), 595 Colloquium
Research class: CHEM 496, 697, 698
Training
Program Director/Principal Investigator
NIH T34 Training Program: CSULB U-RISE Program
Program Director
NSF Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Partnership (LSAMP) https://web.csulb.edu/colleges/cnsm/sas/lsamp/
Awards and Honors
Fulbright Scholar Award, 2023-2024
CSULB President’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement, 2022-2023
CSULB Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Achievement Award, 2022
CNSM Mayfield Award, 2020
CSULB Outstanding Professor Award, 2020
CSU Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) Faculty Research Award, 2020
CNSM 2018 Faculty Excellence Award aka ‘Pretty Darn Good Professor’ Award
Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA), 2017
CSULB Professors Around the World, Globalization Initiative Travel Award, 2015
CSULB Outstanding Faculty Mentor for Student Engagement in Research Award, 2014
CSULB CNSM Most Valuable Professor, 2013
RELEVANT LINKS
NIH T34 CSULB U-RISE Program: https://www.csulb.edu/college-of-natural-sciences-and-mathematics/u-rise
NSF LSAMP Program: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation: http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/home.html
American Heart Association: http://www.americanheart.org
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology, Women’s Leadership Committee: https://professional.heart.org/professional/MembershipCouncils/ScientificCouncils/UCM_457500_Arteriosclerosis-Thrombosis-and-Vascular-Biology---Womens-Leadership-Committee.jsp
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology, Diversity Committee:
CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone: (562) 985-4953
Email: [email protected]
Office: MLSC-247
Research Laboratory: MLSC-243