Dk Chattoraj
Department of Food Technology & Biochemical Engineering
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Dipti Kumar Chattoraj obtained his BSc (Hons) and MSc degrees in Chemistry from the Calcutta University. From 1952 to 1956, he was Palit Research Scholar in the University College of Science, Kolkata and obtained PhD degree on 'Stability of Colloids' under the guidance of Professor BN Ghosh. He was also awarded DSc degree from the same University in 1972 on his thesis "Thermodynamics of Adsorption of Organic Ions". He served as a Post-doctorate Fellow in the Biochemistry Department, University of Iowa, USA (1957-59) and also as Visiting Research Associate in the same Institute (1968-71). Here he carried out research on biophysical chemistry of proteins and nucleic acids in collaboration with Professor Henry Bull. He was a Visiting Professor for a year at Fysisk Kemisk Institut, Denmark (1979-80) and at in Nagoya University, Japan (2001). Chattoraj was INSA Senior Scientist (1995-99) and INSA Honorary Scientist (2001-05).
Research Interest
Surface Chemistry, Biophysical Chemistry
