Dr. Ranita Ghosh Dastidar

Assistant Professor

Department of Biochemistry

Qualification: M.Sc., PhD

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Dr. Ranita Ghosh Dastidar has joined in 2019 as a full-time research faculty with 13 years of international research and teaching experience. Her background is in molecular and cell biology. She did her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas and her postdoctoral training was at the University of California San Diego. Her current focus is energy metabolism and mitochondrial studies.

    1. ?365体育投注 Faculty in Department of Biochemistry, KMC, 365体育投注
    2. Speciality: Cell and Molecular Biology with an emphasis on energy metabolism with mitochondrial studies
    3. Coordinator of Grant Clinic in KMC, 365体育投注 to promote grant writing and guidance to faculty members
    4. Coordinator of “365体育投注 Talk Series” to promote research awareness and networking for post-doctoral positions amongst Ph.D. scholars
    5. Reviewer of PLOS One.
    6. Interested in student development with student-centered learning pedagogy in a laboratory environment.?
    7. An advocator of diversity, equity, and inclusiveness through the propagation of collaborative projects that bring in more innovative ideas onto the bench and promotes translational research.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Ph.D. Molecular and Cell Biology The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA May, 2012
M.S. Molecular and Cell Biology The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA. May, 2009
M.Sc. Biotechnology Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, W.B. September, 2002

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Kasturba Medical College, 365体育投注, MAHE, KA, India Assistant Professor 2019-onwards
North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, USA Adjunct Assistant Professor-Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2018-2019
Northern Wake Tech College, Raleigh, NC, USA. Adjunct Faculty - Biology 2018
San Diego Miramar College, San Diego, CA, USA. Adjunct Faculty - Biology 2016-2018
Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA, USA. Adjunct Faculty - Biology 2016-2017
University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA. Instructor of Biology - Biochemistry and Cell Biology 2016
Cuyamaca College, El Cajon, CA, USA. Adjunct Faculty - Biological Sciences 2016
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego Postdoctoral 365体育投注er 2013-2015
365体育投注western College, Chula Vista, CA, USA. Adjunct Faculty - Biology 2013
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego Postdoctoral 365体育投注er 2012-2013
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Texas at Dallas 365体育投注 Assistant 2009-2012

Elucidating the role of metalloproteases in the mitochondrial proteostasis, energy metabolism and apoptosis