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Shyam Mohapatra

Florida Inventors Hall of Fame

 
 
Shyam Mohapatra Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
1. Shyam Mohapatra Marker
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Shyam Mohapatra
1955 -
Tampa

University of South Florida professor and pioneer of applied biomedical nanotechnology, recognized nationally and internationally for his expertise in the field of nanoscale biomedical diagnostics and therapeutics in cancers, asthma, viral infections, and traumatic brain injury, whose inventions led to customized cell-targeted nanoparticles with diverse drug payloads and a nano-HIV detection kit.

Inducted September 10, 2014

 
Erected 2014 by Florida Inventors Hall of Fame.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationScience & Medicine.
 
Location. 28° 3.429′ N, 82° 24.925′ W. Marker is in Tampa, Florida, in Hillsborough County. It can be reached from USF Alumni Drive 0.1 miles west of Leroy Collins Boulevard, on the left when traveling west. The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame is located at the Research and Innovation Park on the University of South Florida campus. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3720 Spectrum Boulevard, Tampa FL 33612, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Florida’s Tampa Bay. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Roberta D. Goode (here, next to this marker); Thomas H. Maren
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(here, next to this marker); David M. Kotick (here, next to this marker); Shin-Tyson Wu (here, next to this marker); John Gorrie (here, next to this marker); T. Dwayne McCay and Mary Helen McCay (here, next to this marker); Issa Batarseh (here, next to this marker); Mark E. Dean (here, next to this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tampa.
 
Also see . . .
1. Shyam Mohapatra, M.S., Ph.D., MBA, FAAAAI, FNAI. (Submitted on May 9, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
2. Honoring the Greatest Florida Inventors. (Submitted on May 9, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
 
Shyam Mohapatra Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross
2. Shyam Mohapatra Marker
Shyam Mohapatra image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
3. Shyam Mohapatra
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 146 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on May 9, 2024, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 24, 2026