Dr. Schokrpur attended the University of California at Berkeley where he graduated with Honors and Highest Distinction in General Scholarship. During that time, he performed research in the laboratory of Dr. John Conboy where he studied alternative splicing patterns in neuronal tissues. He then moved to Dr. Judith Campisi's lab at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging where he investigated the role of microRNAs in the dampening of the inflammatory response caused by cellular senescence. He then joined the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of California at Los Angeles. Here, he received his MD and PhD degrees. His doctoral research in the lab of Dr. Lily Wu focused on developing an improved syngeneic model of renal cell carcinoma using Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeat (CRSIPR)-based techniques. He is currently a member of the University of California at San Diego Physician Scientist Training Program. He is a current Assistant Physician of Hematology/Oncology. He is performing research with Dr. J. Silvio Gutkind and Dr. Sandip Patel to enhance the efficacy of immunotherapy treatments. His clinical interest is in solid tumor oncology, specifically focusing on tumors of the thorax, head, and neck. He will soon be moving on to a position as Assistant Professor at UC Davis in the division of Hematology/Oncology with a focus on these cancers.