Prof. Siddhartha Roy, Ph.D., FNA, FASc., FAScT, FRSC, FTWAS
Siddhartha Roy obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware and did his post-doctoral training at Brandeis University and the National Institutes of Health. In 2004, he became the Director of CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (2004-2014).
Biography
Siddhartha Roy obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware and did his post-doctoral training at Brandeis University and the National Institutes of Health. In 2004, he became the Director of CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (2004-2014).
In parallel, he founded NIPER-Kolkata (an institute of National Importance created by an act of Parliament) in 2007 and held the additional charge of the institute as the founding Director-in-charge (2007-2014). He was also a Visiting Scientist, at NIH, USA, and a Visiting Professor, at Osaka University, Japan. He was the Founder-President of the Chemical Biology Society (India), a member of the Asian Chemical Biology Initiative (Japan), and a member of the Governing Board of Directors of the International Chemical Biology Society.
He made important scientific contributions to gene regulation, drug discovery, and analytical techniques. He received many honors, including the Bhatnagar Prize, JC Bose National Fellowship, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Chemistry, U.K., and Fellowships of two premier National Science Academies in India, FNA and FASc. and Fellowship of the World Academy of Sciences (Trieste), FTWAS. He was a recipient of the Meritorious Service Award from the Department of Health and Human Services, USA, the IUBMB Woods-Whelan Fellowship, and the Human Frontier Sciences Fellowship. He has served on the editorial boards of many international journals including Molecular Pharmacology and ACS Chemical Biology