Anirban Mahapatra is an

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

microbiologist A microbiologist (from Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, fungi, and some types of par ...

and the editorial director of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) since 2022. He is the author of two

popular science Popular science (also called pop-science or popsci) is an interpretation of science intended for a general audience. While science journalism focuses on recent scientific developments, popular science is more broad ranging. It may be written ...

books. Earlier, he led an editorial team at the

American Chemical Society The American Chemical Society (ACS) is a scientific society based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. Founded in 1876 at New York University, the ACS currently has more than 155,000 members at all ...

(ACS).

Education and career

Mahapatra has a Masters and a

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

in microbiology from The

Ohio State University The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one ...

. He launched several scientific journals while at ACS. Mahapatra writes a popular science column for ''

The Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media Limited, an entity controlled by the Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia, the daughter of K. K. Birla. ...

'', a leading

n 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 Penguin Random House Limited is a British-American multinational conglomerate publishing company formed on July 1, 2013, with the merger of Penguin Books and Random House. Penguin Books was originally founded in 1935 and Random House was fou ...

. * ''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 ''Business Standard'' is an Indian English-language daily edition newspaper published by Business Standard Private Limited, also available in Hindi. Founded in 1975, the newspaper covers the Indian economy, infrastructure, international busi ...

''. Ranjona Banerji reviewed the book in ''

The Asian Age ''The Asian Age'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper with editions published in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. It also prints an "international edition" in London. It was launched in February 1994. The same publishing company also pro ...

''. Sucheta Dasgupta reviewed ''When the Drugs Don't Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine'' in ''

''. Soma Das reviewed the book in '' The Financial Express''. The book featured in an ''

India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media, Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' laun ...

'' podcast.

References

External links

Personal website
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