Anirban Mahapatra
- microbiologist
- author
- editor
Anirban Mahapatra is an Indian microbiologist and the editorial director of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) since 2022.[1] He is the author of two popular science books. Earlier, he led an editorial team at the American Chemical Society (ACS).[1]
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 writes a popular science column for The Hindustan Times, a leading Indian national daily newspaper.[2] His science columns have also been published by The Morning Context.[3]
Publications
Mahapatra has written a couple of popular science books:
- COVID-19:Separating Fact from Fiction published by Penguin Random House India.[4]
- When the Drugs Don't Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine published by Juggernaut Books.[5][6]
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
- ^ a b c "Anirban Mahapatra, Ph.D." asm.org. American Society of Microbiology. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Anirban Mahapatra". hindustantimes.com. The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "Featured Story". themorningcontext.com. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ "COVID-19". penguin.co.in. Penguin Random House India. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Mahapatra, Anirban (12 May 2024). "Tackling the hidden pandemic of antibiotic-resistant superbugs". deccanherald.com. Deccan Herald. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Mahapatra, Anirban (25 April 2024). "India Has a Superbug Problem". thewire.in. The Wire. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Ranganathan, Sukumar (5 March 2021). "Review: Covid-19: Separating Fact from Fiction by Anirban Mahapatra". hindustantimes.com. The Hindustan Times. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Datta, Devangshu (10 March 2021). "Know your pandemic". business-standard.com. Business Standard. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dasgupta, Sucheta (29 June 2024). "Book Review : Apocalypse when, asks this brief history of superbugs". asianage.com. The Asian Age. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "What happens when the drugs don't work? Health Wealth, Ep 49". indiatoday.in. India Today. 2 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
External links
- Excerpt from Mahapatra's book When the Drugs Don't Work in Scroll.in
- Anirban Mahapatra's Google Scholar profile
- Anirban Mahapatra on X
- Discussion on Mint Lounge with Mahapatra about his book COVID-19
- Discussion with Mahapatra on NDTV about his book When Drugs Don't Work
- Personal website