Jayanta Haldar's Biography

Jayanta Haldar, Associate Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

Dr Jayanta Haldar is an Associate Professor at New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India. His undergraduate training was at the Presidency College, University of Calcutta and he received his Master of Science and PhD from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2005. He did Postdoctoral Research from Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. His research interests are towards the development of molecular strategies for the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases. He has published many international peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and review articles. He has filed various national and international patent applications from 10 different inventions on the development of new drugs and new materials to tackle drug resistance and infections. His research work has been featured in Scientific American, Chemical Engineering News, American Chemical Society, BBC News, TimesofIndia, The Hindu, Rajya Sabha TV, DD India TV etc. He has been awarded as a Ramanujan Fellow from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, in 2010. He is an editorial board member of the journal “Microbial Pathogenesis” of Elsevier.