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= Padmini Rangamani = Padmini Rangamani is an Indian American biophysicist in the field of cell signaling. Rangamani is currently a professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) working in the department of Medical and Aerospace Engineering.

Research
Rangamani's research mainly focuses on cell signaling with a biophysical approach. Recently, her work has been focused on how the use biophysical models on dendritic spines in the nucleus accumbens, which have been morphologically affected by drug exposure and withdrawal, can be used to better inform us about the biochemical and mechanical factors which increase drug relapse vulnerability of certain types of drugs. An increased understanding in this area of research can allow for us to create more effective treatments in preventing or reducing the chances of drug relapse in recovering drug addicts.

Personal life
Rangamani grew up in Hyderabad, India.

Education and Career
In 2001, Rangamani graduated with a Bachelor's of Science degree in chemical engineering from the College of Technology, Osmania University in Hyderabad, India. She went on to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Georgia, to obtain a Master’s degree in chemical engineering and then to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , in New York, New York, to complete her Ph.D. in systems biology in Ravi Iyengar’s lab. Following the completion of her Ph.D., Rangamani began teaching at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 2014.

Honors and Awards
In 2015, Rangamani received an award grant through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) for her research in nanopore formation in lipid bilayers and in electro-mechano-chemical modeling. And in 2019, Rangamani received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).