Nagendra Yadava

Nagendra Yadava, PhD, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on mitochondrial biology, bioenergetics, and their roles in neurodegeneration, cancer, and metabolic disorders. With a strong background in life sciences and postdoctoral training at the University of California San Diego, he has contributed extensively to understanding mitochondrial dysfunction in diseases.

• Education: PhD in Life Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Maharaja Sayajirao University (India), B.Sc. (Hons.) in Botany from Banaras Hindu University (India)
• Training: Fellowship at Chicago Medical School (USA), Postdoctoral Fellowship at UC San Diego (USA)

Dr. Yadava’s research spans oxidative phosphorylation, stress response mechanisms, and mitochondrial targeting in cancer and diabetes. He has developed methodologies for mitochondrial function assays and explored therapeutic agents like Idebenone and Rhodiola crenulata. His work includes studies on complex I deficiencies, microglial responses in neurodegeneration, and stem cell-based interventions in metabolic diseases.

Scientific contributions include seminal articles on mitochondrial dysfunction in sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy, neuroinflammation, and cancer metabolism. His recent studies (2025) investigate Idebenone’s neuroprotective effects in traumatic brain injury and the role of Complex II histidine residues in mitochondrial function.