Sn Chatterjee

Biography

Smriti Narayan Chatterjee earned BSc (Hons in Physics) and MSc (Physics) degrees from Calcutta University, after which he joined the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in 1955. He obtained his PhD (in Physics) from the University of Calcutta in 1958. He then switched over to the more challenging field of Biology and Biophysics and joined the School of Tropical Medicine in 1961, where he continued as Associate Professor and Head, Biophysics Department till 1973. He worked in the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata as Head, Biophysics Division (1973-77) and then joined the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata as Senior Professor and Head of the Biophysics Division till he retired on superannuation in 1992. He also worked as Director (1990-91) and as INSA Senior Scientist (Emeritus) (1992-97) in SINP.

Research Interest

Biophysics, Microbiology, Molecular and Genetic Toxicology, Free Radicals Biology,Biological Electron microscopy