Lakshmi Putcha

Dr. Putcha is the Chief Scientist and Technical Manager, Pharmacotherapeutics for NASA at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Her research expertise is in the areas of space physiology and pharmacotherapeutics; pharmacodynamics and biopharmaceutics; and chronotherapeutics. Dr. Putcha is also an appointed Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Univ. Oklahoma, Oklahoma City; Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Houston; Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacodynamics, College of Pharmacy, Univ. Florida, Gainesville, FL; and Adjunct Professor, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX. Dr. Putcha received her bachelor's degree from the University of Saugar, India, master degrees from the University of Houston, Houston, Texas and the University of Raipur, India, and her Ph.D. from the University of Houston, Houston, Texas