Dr. Chand received his PhD from the University of Delhi, New Delhi, India while studying the protein chemistry of reproductive hormones and was trained in molecular endocrinology at the Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore. The postdoctoral training at the Department of Pathology, UNM Health Science Center, Albuquerque, NM involved identification and characterization of blood coagulation factors and their role the cancer biology. As an Assistant Professor at the Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunology (CIDI), UNM School of Medicine, Dr. Chand worked on systems biology based studies to understand the pathogenesis of opportunistic pulmonary infectious diseases and allergic asthma.

He pursued his interest in the field of Respiratory Biology at the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI), Albuquerque, NM, and investigated the molecular mechanisms involved in the programmed cell death and inflammatory responses using the experimental cell culture and animal models of airway diseases and help translate findings in clinical pathologies. Currently, at the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Dr. Chand is serving as an Associate Professor (tenure-track) in the Department of Immunology and Nano-Medicine and the Center for Personalized Nanomedicine.