Ib Chatterjee
Genetic Engineering & Biotechechnology
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Indu Bhusan Chatterjee earned his BSc (Hons) in Chemistry (1950) and MSc in Applied Chemistry (1952) from Calcutta University, after which he started his research in the Department of Applied Chemistry under the supervision of Professor BC Guha. He carried out research on the biosynthesis of vitamin C in animals (1953- 1961) and was awarded the DSc degree of Calcutta University. He went to USA and continued post-doctoral research on vitamin C during 1961-64 in the laboratory of Professor Ralph W McKee at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Research Interest
Biochemistry, Vitamin C, Oxidative Damage
