Malaya Bhattacharya-Chatterjee

Background

Bhattacharya-Chatterjee, Malaya was born on January 16, 1946 in Cooch-Behar, India. Daughter of Nalini Nath and Kanak Prova Bhattacharya. came to the United States, 1969.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Presidency College, Calcutta, 1963; Master of Science, Calcutta U. College Science, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Calcutta U. College Science, 1969.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, 1969-1971; cancer research scientist III, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, 1971-1979; cancer research scientist IV, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, 1979-1992; associate professor department microbiology and immunology, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1993-1995; associate professor department medicine, U. Kentucky, Lexington, since 1996. Adjunct professor experimental pathology Graduate Study division Roswell Park, 1990-1993. Adjunct professor obstetrics-gynecology.

State University of New York, Buffalo, 1989-1993. Consultant National Institutes of Health Study Section,1991-. Member Markey Cancer Center, since 1993.

Achievements

• Malaya Bhattacharya-Chatterjee has been listed as a notable Cancer research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Grantee National Institutes of Health, 1976-1979, National Science Foundation, 1980-1981, American Cancer Society, 1983-1986, National Cancer Institute, since 1989. Member American Association for Cancer Research, Federation American Socs. for Experimental Biology, New York Academy Science.

Interests

• Avocations: music, travel, camping, international cooking, gardening.

Connections

Married Sunil Kumar Chatterjee, October 25, 1972. Children: Indranil, Sumana.

Father:

Nalini Nath Bhattacharya

Mother:

Kanak Prova Bhattacharya

Spouse:

Sunil Kumar Chatterjee

child:

Sumana Bhattacharya-Chatterjee

child:

Indranil Bhattacharya-Chatterjee