Kausik Chattopadhyay

[1] Kausik Chattopadhyay, born in the Indian state of West Bengal, secured his honours degree from the University of Calcutta in 1996 and continued there to complete his master's studies in 1998.

[2] His doctoral research was in biochemistry which earned him a PhD from the University of Calcutta in 2003 after which he did his post-doctoral studies at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

[4] Chattopadhyay's research focus is on the structural studies of pore-forming toxins and their host-pathogen interaction from an immunobiological perspective.

[9] He was also a member of the advisory committee of the 6th International Library and Information Professional Summit (LIPS 2017) held at Mohali in April 2017.

Bachhawat Memorial Young Scientist Award of the National Academy of Sciences, India in 2015.