Biography
Mohammed Abdul Muneer is an Associate Professor with a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and extensive experience in translational neuroscience, focusing on neuroimmunology of traumatic brain injury (TBI), and alcohol-induced neurovascular dysfunction. His research explores the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neuroinflammation, neurodegeneration, and blood-brain barrier disruption in TBI and alcohol use disorder. Muneer’s research has been published in more than 50 high-impact peer-reviewed journals, including The Journal of Neuroscience, Molecular Neurodegeneration, Brain Behavior and Immunity, eNeuro, etc. His work is supported by multiple extramural grants, notably: an NIH R01 grant ($2.21M; awarded in 2024), an NIH R21 grant ($470,000; awarded in 2023), and three grants from the New Jersey Department of Health (in 2016, 2018, and 2019).
He has mentored several postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and trainees at various academic levels, and advised seven master’s theses. Muneer serves on grant review panels for the NIH, Department of Defense (DoD), and national funding agencies of Israel and Poland. He is an active peer reviewer for more than 20 scientific journals and has evaluated Ph.D. theses for various universities. In addition, he holds roles as a Research Council Member and Advisory Board Member at multiple academic institutions, and he has served as an IACUC committee member for 9 years. has served as an IACUC committee member for 9 years. He is also an Editorial Board member in different journals such as the Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, Antioxidants, Frontiers in Genetics, Trauma Cases and Reviews, JSM Brain Science, and Topical Advisory Panel in ‘Antioxidants’.
Awards & Honors
- Indo-American award for research and education, Indian Consulate NY, USA, 2025
- Grant Award, NIH-NINDS R01, 2024
- Best academician award for education and research, World Malayalee Council, 2024
- Featured Researcher Award, Hackensack Meridian JFK University Medical Center, 2024
- Grant award, NIH-NIAAA R21, 2023
- Grant award, NJ Department of Health NJCBIR, 2019
- Grant award, NJ Department of Health NJCSCR, 2018
- Grant award, NJ Department of Health NJCBIR, 2016
- Award for best oral presentation on Biotechnology in the International Conference on Biotechnology and Neuroscience, 2004
Education
- Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India, 2005
- MSc, Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India, 1998
- BSc, Zoology, Chemistry, and Botany, University of Calicut, Kerala, India, 1995