Anirban Mahapatra | |
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Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Ohio State University (Masters) Ohio State University (PhD) |
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Anirban Mahapatra is an Indian microbiologist and the editorial director of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) since 2022. He is the author of two popular science books. Earlier, he led an editorial team at the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Education and career
Mahapatra has a Masters and a PhD in microbiology from The Ohio State University. He launched several scientific journals while at ACS.
Mahapatra writes a popular science column for The Hindustan Times, a leading Indian national daily newspaper. His science columns have also been published by The Morning Context.
Publications
Mahapatra has written a couple of popular science books:
- COVID-19:Separating Fact from Fiction published by Penguin Random House India.
- When the Drugs Don't Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine published by Juggernaut Books.
Sukumar Ranganathan reviewed COVID-19:Separating Fact from Fiction in The Hindustan Times. Devangshu Datta reviewed it in the Business Standard. Ranjona Banerji reviewed the book in The Asian Age.
Sucheta Dasgupta reviewed When the Drugs Don't Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine in The Asian Age. Soma Das reviewed the book in The Financial Express. The book featured in an India Today podcast.
References
- ^ "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.
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- Indian microbiologists
- Indian science writers
- Indian popular science writers
- 20th-century Indian writers
- 21st-century Indian writers
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- 21st-century Indian male writers
- 20th-century Indian non-fiction writers
- 21st-century Indian non-fiction writers
- Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences alumni