Prof. Sandhya Srikant Visweswariah | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 6, 1957 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Scientist/Academic |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Science |
| Thesis | (1987) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Biology |
| Sub-discipline | Biochemistry,Cell Biology |
| Institutions | Indian Institute of Science |
| Main interests | Research on signal transduction mediated by cyclic nucleotides |
| Website | http://mrdg.iisc.ernet.in/sandhyav/index.htm |
Sandhya Srikant Visweswariah is a scientist and academic at the Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore,India. She was the Chairperson of the Department of Developmental Biology and Genetics [1] and the Co-chair of the Department of Bioengineering, [2] Indian Institute of Science. She additionally holds the position of Adjunct Professor,Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, [3] University of Bergen, [4] Norway. Her research involves the investigation of the mechanism of signal transduction via cyclic nucleotides,phosphodiesterases and novel cyclases in bacteria. [5] Most recently,she was awarded a Bill and Melinda Gates Grand Challenges Explorations Grant [6] for her proposal entitled "A Small Animal Model of ETEC-Mediated Diarrhea". [7] [8]
Visweswariah completed her Bachelor of Science in 1977 at Osmania University, [9] Hyderabad,majoring in Botany,Chemistry and Zoology. She then obtained a Master of Science degree in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology,Kanpur in 1980. She proceeded to enrol at the PhD programme at the Department of Biochemistry, [10] Indian Institute of Science and was awarded her doctorate in 1987. [11]
Visweswariah started her career as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at Astra Research Centre,Bangalore in 1987-1988. After a year at the Astra Research Centre,she was promoted to a scientist position at the same organization,where she stayed on until 1993. In 1993,she was appointed as Assistant Professor at the Department of Molecular Reproduction,Development and Genetics, [12] Indian Institute of Science,where she has held a position since,being promoted to Associate Professor in 1995 and then to Professor in 2005. [13] She is currently the Chairperson of the Department of Molecular Reproduction,Development and Genetics, [12] Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore and Co-chair of the Centre for Biosystems Science and Engineering, [2] Indian Institute of Science. Over the course of 29 years as faculty at the Indian Institute of Science,Visweswariah has mentored more than 30 PhD students. [14]
Visweswariah is a fellow of the Indian National Science Academy [15] and the Indian Academy of Sciences:Third World Organisation for women in science. [16] She is a life member of the Society of Biological Chemists (India), [17] [18] Indian Society of Cell Biology [19] (1995–present) and the Society of Research in Reproduction,India (1994–present). Additionally,she is a member of Guha Research Council,India (1997–present),the Alliance for Cell Signalling [20] (1997–present),the TB Structural Genomics Consortium,the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology [21] (ASBMB),and the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). [22]
She serves an Associate Editor of Frontiers in Cellular Endocrinology. [23]
Visweswariah more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 5 book chapters to her credit,with a total citation count of over 2000. The full list of publications from the Visweswariah lab can be found on PubMed [39] [40] and ResearchGate. [41] [42]
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