Shiladitya DasSarma, Date of Birth

Shiladitya DasSarma

Indian-American molecular biologist

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1957

Profession: molecular biologist

Nationality: United States, India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Shiladitya DasSarma (born 1957) is a molecular biologist well-known for contributions to the biology of halophilic and extremophilic microorganisms.
He is a Professor in the University of Maryland Baltimore.
He earned a PhD degree in Biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BS degree in Chemistry from Indiana University Bloomington.
Prior to taking a faculty position, he conducted research at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Pasteur Institute, Paris. DasSarma has served on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1986-2001), University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (2001-2010), and University of Maryland School of Medicine, Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (2010–present).
He is a researcher and teacher of molecular genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics and mentor of undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students, and junior faculty.
He is widely known to have been instrumental in the foundation of the fields of halophile and extremophile research.