Amita Sehgal-Field

Background

Sehgal-Field, Amita was born on December 28, 1960 in New Delhi, India. Daughter of Jagdish Das and Shakti (Talwar) Sehgal.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Delhi University, 1980. Master of Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, 1988.

Career

Assistant professor department neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, since 1993. Scientific review board National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1993, 94, 95, 96, Air Force Officeof Sponsored Research, Colorado Springs, 1997.

Achievements

• Amita Sehgal-Field has been listed as a noteworthy molecular neurobiology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, Genetics Society of America, Society of Neurosci. (council member).

Connections

Married Jeffrey Michael Field, August 10, 1987. Children: Natania, Anjalie.

Father:

Jagdish Das Sehgal

Mother:

Shakti (Talwar) Sehgal

Spouse:

Jeffrey Michael Field

child:

Anjalie Sehgal-Field

child:

Natania Sehgal-Field