Santanu Bhattacharya
Santanu Bhattacharya (born 23 April 1958) is an
Indian
Chemical Biologist and former
Professor at the
Indian Institute of Science and former
Director of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science,
Kolkata (IACS Kolkata). At, present he is the
Director of the
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati (IISER-Tirupati). He is known for his studies of unnatural
amino acids,
oligopeptides, designed and natural lipids, gene delivery vehicles, hydro- and organogels, molecular bioanalytic sensors, G-quadruplex DNA binding molecular therapeutics, and biologically active natural product mimics and is an elected fellow of the
Indian National Science Academy The World Academy of Sciences and the
Indian Academy of Sciences The
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest award for science in India, for his notable and outstanding research in Chemical Sciences, in 2003. He is also a recipient of the
National Bioscience Award for Career Development of the
Department of Biotechnology (2002) and the TWAS Prize (2010).
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