Sandhya Srikant Visweswariah
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Prof. Sandhya Srikant Visweswariah | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 6, 1957 |
| 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]
Career
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]
Membership in professional bodies and editorial boards
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]
