Dr. Vijay K. Yadav is an Associate Professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, specializing in biogerontology. He earned his PhD in molecular endocrinology from the Indian Institute of Science and completed postdoctoral training at Baylor and Columbia, where his research uncovered mechanisms regulating organ physiology via central and peripheral signals. Since launching his lab in 2010, Yadav has investigated how nutrients like taurine and vitamin B12 influence whole-body homeostasis and aging—revealing evolutionary nutrient-genetic interactions and promoting new insights into age-related disease. His work, supported by grants from NIH, Wellcome Trust, and the European Research Council, gained international recognition and media attention, and in 2024 he joined Rutgers’ Center for Cell Signaling and Center for Immunity & Inflammation to establish a basic biology of aging program.