Anirban Mahapatra

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Anirban Mahapatra
Alma mater Ohio State University (Masters)
Ohio State University (PhD)
Occupations
  • microbiologist
  • author
  • editor

Anirban Mahapatra is an Indian American microbiologist and the chief science and global strategy officer of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) . Earlier he was editorial director. [1] He is the author of two popular science books. Earlier, he led an editorial team at the American Chemical Society (ACS). [1]

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Education and career

Mahapatra has a Masters and a PhD in microbiology from The Ohio State University. [1] He launched several scientific journals while at ACS.

Mahapatra has written a popular science column for The Hindustan Times , a leading Indian national daily newspaper since 2021. [2] His science columns have also been published by The Morning Context. [3]

Publications

Mahapatra has written a couple of popular science books:

Sukumar Ranganathan reviewed COVID-19:Separating Fact from Fiction in The Hindustan Times. [7] Devangshu Datta reviewed it in the Business Standard . [8] Ranjona Banerji reviewed the book in The Asian Age . [9]

Sucheta Dasgupta reviewed When the Drugs Don't Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine in The Asian Age . [10] Soma Das reviewed the book in The Financial Express . [11] The book featured in an India Today podcast. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Anirban Mahapatra, Ph.D." asm.org. American Society of Microbiology. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. "Anirban Mahapatra". hindustantimes.com. The Hindustan Times . Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  3. "Featured Story". themorningcontext.com. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  4. "COVID-19". penguin.co.in. Penguin Random House India . Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  5. Mahapatra, Anirban (12 May 2024). "Tackling the hidden pandemic of antibiotic-resistant superbugs". deccanherald.com. Deccan Herald . Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  6. Mahapatra, Anirban (25 April 2024). "India Has a Superbug Problem". thewire.in. The Wire . Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  7. Ranganathan, Sukumar (5 March 2021). "Review: Covid-19: Separating Fact from Fiction by Anirban Mahapatra". hindustantimes.com. The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  8. Datta, Devangshu (10 March 2021). "Know your pandemic". business-standard.com. Business Standard . Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  9. Banerji, Ranjona (11 April 2021). "Book Review: Urgent, cogent, matter-of-fact ready-reckoner on the C-virus". asianage.com. The Asian Age . Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  10. Dasgupta, Sucheta (29 June 2024). "Book Review : Apocalypse when, asks this brief history of superbugs". asianage.com. The Asian Age . Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  11. Das, Soma (30 June 2024). "A pandemic upon us: A superbug threat hides amid us in plain sight, but little is being done to check it". financialexpress.com. The Financial Express . Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  12. "What happens when the drugs don't work? Health Wealth, Ep 49". indiatoday.in. India Today. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.