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Dr. Chandradhar Dwivedi earned his Ph.D. degree from the Pharmacology Department of King George Medical College, Lucknow University, Lucknow, India in 1972. He was a Postdoctoral fellow at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA. He served as faculty member at Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, and Research Scientist at the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. He has been a faculty member at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, South Dakota State University (SDSU) since 1987. He was awarded the title of Distinguished Professor in 2000 and serving as Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences since Fall 2003. He is also serving as a Director of Translational Cancer Research Center funded by the State of South Dakota. His current research areas are on neuropharmacology, and cancer prevention and treatment.