Anirban Mahapatra
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Anirban Mahapatra is an Indian microbiologist and the editorial director of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) since 2022.{{cite web|url=https://asm.org/biographies/anirban-mahapatra|title=Anirban Mahapatra, Ph.D.|website=asm.org|publisher=American Society of Microbiology|access-date=26 May 2024}} He is the author of two popular science books. Earlier, he led an editorial team at the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Education and career
Mahapatra has a Masters and a PhD in microbiology from The Ohio State University. He launched several scientific journals while at ACS.
Mahapatra writes a popular science column for The Hindustan Times, a leading Indian national daily newspaper.{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/author/anirban-mahapatra-101640774047900|title=Anirban Mahapatra|website=hindustantimes.com|publisher=The Hindustan Times|access-date=26 May 2024}} His science columns have also been published by The Morning Context.{{cite web|url=https://themorningcontext.com/writers/anirban-mahapatra|title=Featured Story|website=themorningcontext.com|access-date=28 May 2024}}
Publications
Mahapatra has written a couple of popular science books:
- COVID-19:Separating Fact from Fiction published by Penguin Random House India.{{cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.in/book/covid-19/|title=COVID-19|website=penguin.co.in|publisher=Penguin Random House India|access-date=26 May 2024}}
- When the Drugs Don't Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine published by Juggernaut Books.{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/features/spirituality-and-wellness/tackling-the-hidden-pandemic-of-antibiotic-resistant-superbugs-3017000|title=Tackling the hidden pandemic of antibiotic-resistant superbugs|first=Anirban|last=Mahapatra| website=deccanherald.com|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=12 May 2024|access-date=26 May 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://thewire.in/books/india-has-a-superbug-problem|title=India Has a Superbug Problem|first=Anirban|last=Mahapatra|website=thewire.in|publisher=The Wire|date=25 April 2024|access-date=28 May 2024}}
Sukumar Ranganathan reviewed COVID-19:Separating Fact from Fiction in The Hindustan Times.{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-covid-19-separating-fact-from-fiction-by-anirban-mahapatra-101614963965570.html|title=Review: Covid-19: Separating Fact from Fiction by Anirban Mahapatra|first=Sukumar|last=Ranganathan|website=hindustantimes.com|publisher=The Hindustan Times|date=5 March 2021|access-date=26 May 2024}} Devangshu Datta reviewed it in the Business Standard.{{cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/know-your-pandemic-121031001735_1.html|title=Know your pandemic|first=Devangshu|last=Datta|website=business-standard.com|publisher=Business Standard|date=10 March 2021|access-date=26 May 2024}} Ranjona Banerji reviewed the book in The Asian Age.{{cite news|url=https://www.asianage.com/books/110421/urgent-cogent-matter-of-fact-ready-reckoner-on-the-c-virus.html|title=Book Review: Urgent, cogent, matter-of-fact ready-reckoner on the C-virus|first=Ranjona|last=Banerji|website=asianage.com|publisher=The Asian Age|date=11 April 2021|access-date=26 May 2024}}
Sucheta Dasgupta reviewed When the Drugs Don't Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine in The Asian Age.{{cite news|url=https://www.asianage.com/books/290624/book-review-apocalypse-when-asks-this-brief-history-of-superbugs.html|title=Book Review : Apocalypse when, asks this brief history of superbugs|first=Sucheta|last=Dasgupta|website=asianage.com|publisher=The Asian Age|date=29 June 2024|access-date=29 June 2024}} Soma Das reviewed the book in The Financial Express.{{cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/life/lifestyle-a-pandemic-upon-us-a-superbug-threat-hides-amid-us-in-plain-sight-but-little-is-being-done-to-check-it-3538883/|title=A pandemic upon us: A superbug threat hides amid us in plain sight, but little is being done to check it|first=Soma|last=Das|website=financialexpress.com|publisher=The Financial Express|date=30 June 2024|access-date=3 July 2024}} The book featured in an India Today podcast.{{cite news|url=https://podcasts.indiatoday.in/health/health-wealth/what-happens-when-the-drugs-dont-work-health-wealth-ep-49-1040396-2024-07-01|title=What happens when the drugs don't work? Health Wealth, Ep 49|website=indiatoday.in|publisher=India Today|date=2 July 2024|access-date=3 July 2024}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.animahapatra.com/ Personal website]
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Category:Indian microbiologists
Category:Indian science writers
Category:Indian popular science writers
Category:20th-century Indian writers
Category:21st-century Indian writers
Category:20th-century Indian male writers
Category:21st-century Indian male writers
Category:20th-century Indian non-fiction writers
Category:21st-century Indian non-fiction writers
Category:Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences alumni