Gaiti Hasan

Gaiti Hasan is an Indian scientist specialising in molecular biology, genetics, neuroscience and cell signalling.[1] Hasan is a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), the apex body of Indian scientists and technologists.[1] From 2013, she has served as senior professor at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore.[1][2]

Education

Hasan studied in Aligarh as a child. Her parents taught at university, and her two sisters studied chemistry and physics.[3] She went on to do a B.Sc. in zoology from Miranda House, Delhi University in 1976. She completed an M.Sc. in life sciences in 1978 and an M.Phil. in 1980 from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.[1][3] In 1983, she received a Ph.D from the University of Cambridge for her dissertation on ribosomal RNA genes of Trypanosoma brucei.[4] According to Hasan, it was while she was applying to universities for her Ph.D. that she realised for the first time that "belonging to a minority could lead to discrimination". She believes this has led her to "consciously try and be supportive of other woman scientists, be they students or colleagues".[3]

Career

In 1983, Hasan joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) in Mumbai, as a visiting fellow and research associate in the molecular biology unit.[1] She was a visiting scientist at the biology department in Brandeis University Massachusetts in 1992.[4]

Awards and recognition

Hasan has received a scholarship from the Inlaks Foundation,[5] a British Overseas Research Student Award, a fellowship from the Wellcome Trust and a Rockefeller Biotechnology Career Fellowship. In 2006, she was elected a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore and in 2007, as a Member of the Asia-Pacific Molecular Biology Network.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Gaiti Hasan - INSA Fellow". Indian National Science Academy www.insaindia.org. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "NCBS Faculty". National Centre for Biological Sciences www.ncbs.res.in. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 (eds.) Godbole, Rohini and Ramaswamy, Ram (2008). "Science and the Art of Detection" (PDF). Lilavati's Daughters: The Women Scientists of India. Indian Academy of Sciences. pp. 128–131. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "NISER Gaiti Hasan bio" (PDF). National Institute of Science Education and Research www.niser.ac.in. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Inlaks Shivdasani Scholarships - Gaiti Hasan". Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation. Retrieved 14 April 2015.