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  • 2017 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2013 - US President's National Medal of Science "For pioneering research at the interface of engineering and oncology, including tumor microenvironment, drug delivery and imaging, and for groundbreaking discoveries of principles leading to the development and novel use of drugs for treatment of cancer and non-cancerous diseases.", Award will be presented by President Barack Obama at a future White House ceremony (date TBD).
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering contributions in several areas of applied physics, including discovery of plasmonmediated lightemission from tunnel junctions, seminal studies of nonlinear optics in semiconductors and optical fibers, and the invention of several important ultrashort pulse lasers and fiber lasers
  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For the integration of bioengineering with tumor biology and imaging gene expression and functions in vivo for drug delivery in tumors.
  • 2003 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1992 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
  • 1983 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Overview

Rakesh K. Jain is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research spans the intersection of business, management, and engineering fields, with a primary focus on topics such as quality and supply management, blockchain technology applications and security, and supply chain and inventory management.

Their work encompasses several subfields including management information systems, industrial and manufacturing engineering, strategy and management, information systems, and civil and structural engineering. This multidisciplinary approach reflects the diverse application of their research across both technological and managerial domains.

Their recent papers include:

  • Development of maturity model for assessing the implementation of Industry 4.0: learning from theory and practice, 2020, published in Production Planning & Control
  • Adoption of blockchain in supply chain: an analysis of influencing factors, 2020, published in Journal of Enterprise Information Management
  • Blockchain adoption in the supply chain: an appraisal on challenges, 2020, published in Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
  • Architecture to Enhance Transparency in Supply Chain Management using Blockchain Technology, 2020, published in Procedia Manufacturing
  • CO2 mitigation policy for Indian thermal power sector: Potential gains from emission trading, 2020, published in Energy Economics

Frequently collaborating co-authors include Vinod Yadav, Gunjan Soni, Dnyaneshwar Jivanrao Ghode, and Man Mohan Siddh.

The research has been disseminated in journals such as Operations Management Research, Management of Environmental Quality An International Journal, Business Process Management Journal, Benchmarking An International Journal, and International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management.

Rakesh K. Jain's work covers key areas of supply chain resilience and risk management, sustainable supply chain management, digital transformation in industry, and food waste reduction and sustainability.

The following awards and honors have been conferred:

  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2017)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2014)
  • US President's National Medal of Science (2013): For pioneering research at the interface of engineering and oncology, including tumor microenvironment, drug delivery and imaging, and for groundbreaking discoveries leading to novel drug treatments for cancer and non-cancerous diseases
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2009)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (2008): Citation for pioneering contributions in applied physics, nonlinear optics, and invention of ultrashort pulse lasers and fiber lasers
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2004): For integration of bioengineering with tumor biology and imaging for drug delivery in tumors
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2003)
  • Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (1992)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1983)
  • Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Best Publications

  • Angiogenesis in cancer and other diseases

    Peter Carmeliet;Rakesh K. Jain

  • Photodynamic therapy for cancer

    Dennis E.J.G.J. Dolmans;Dai Fukumura;Rakesh K. Jain

  • Normalization of Tumor Vasculature: An Emerging Concept in Antiangiogenic Therapy

    Rakesh K. Jain

  • Molecular mechanisms and clinical applications of angiogenesis

    Peter Carmeliet;Rakesh K. Jain

  • Understanding the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) for effective therapy.

    Mikhail Binnewies;Edward W. Roberts;Kelly Kersten;Vincent Chan

  • A framework for advancing our understanding of cancer-associated fibroblasts

    Erik Sahai;Igor Astsaturov;Edna Cukierman;David G. DeNardo

  • Role of HIF-1alpha in hypoxia-mediated apoptosis, cell proliferation and tumour angiogenesis.

    Peter Carmeliet;Yuval Dor;Jean-Marc Herbert;Dai Fukumura

  • Delivering nanomedicine to solid tumors

    Rakesh K. Jain;Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos

  • Molecular regulation of vessel maturation.

    Rakesh K Jain

  • Regulation of transport pathways in tumor vessels: Role of tumor type and microenvironment

    S. K. Hobbs;W. L. Monsky;Fan Yuan;W. G. Roberts

  • Normalizing tumor vasculature with anti-angiogenic therapy: a new paradigm for combination therapy.

    Rakesh K. Jain

  • Direct evidence that the VEGF-specific antibody bevacizumab has antivascular effects in human rectal cancer

    Christopher G Willett;Yves Boucher;Emmanuelle di Tomaso;Dan G Duda

  • Vascular Permeability in a Human Tumor Xenograft: Molecular Size Dependence and Cutoff Size

    Fan Yuan;Marc Dellian;Dai Fukumura;Michael Leunig

  • AZD2171, a Pan-VEGF Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, Normalizes Tumor Vasculature and Alleviates Edema in Glioblastoma Patients

    Tracy T. Batchelor;A. Gregory Sorensen;A. Gregory Sorensen;Emmanuelle di Tomaso;Wei Ting Zhang;Wei Ting Zhang

  • Openings between Defective Endothelial Cells Explain Tumor Vessel Leakiness

    Hiroya Hashizume;Peter Baluk;Shunichi Morikawa;John W. McLean

  • Interstitial pH and pO2 gradients in solid tumors in vivo: high-resolution measurements reveal a lack of correlation.

    Gabriel Helmlinger;Fan Yuan;Marc Dellian;Rakesh K. Jain

  • Determinants of Tumor Blood Flow: A Review

    Rakesh K. Jain

  • Transport of Molecules in the Tumor Interstitium: A Review

    Rakesh K. Jain

  • Principles and mechanisms of vessel normalization for cancer and other angiogenic diseases

    Peter Carmeliet;Rakesh K. Jain

  • Barriers to drug delivery in solid tumors.

    Rakesh K. Jain

Frequent Co-Authors

Dai Fukumura
Dai Fukumura Harvard University
Dan G. Duda
Dan G. Duda Harvard University
Lance L. Munn
Lance L. Munn Harvard University
Yves Boucher
Yves Boucher Harvard University
Tracy T. Batchelor
Tracy T. Batchelor Brigham and Women's Hospital
Patrick Y. Wen
Patrick Y. Wen Harvard University
Andrew X. Zhu
Andrew X. Zhu Harvard University
Jeffrey W. Clark
Jeffrey W. Clark Harvard University
Michael Shur
Michael Shur Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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