Background
Bhattacherjee, Parimal was born on February 14, 1937 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Son of Charu Ranjan and Kusum Bhattacherjee.
Bhattacherjee, Parimal was born on February 14, 1937 in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Son of Charu Ranjan and Kusum Bhattacherjee.
Bachelor of Science, Chittagong Government College, 1955; Master of Science, Dhaka U., Bangladesh, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, London U., 1972.
Production manager, with quality control pharmaceutical industry, Bangladesh, 1960-1967;
research assistant, Institute Ophthalmology, London, 1967-1972;
lecturer pharmacology, Institute Ophthalmology, 1972-1978;
visiting assistant professor ophthalmology, College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City, 1978-1979;
senior lecturer pharmacology, Institute Ophthalmology, London, 1978-1979;
senior scientist, Wellcome Research laboratories, Beckenham, England, 1979-1984;
section head biologicals department pharmacology, Wellcome Research laboratories, 1984-1987;
senior research scientist department mediator pharmacology, Wellcome Research laboratories, 1987-1990;
visiting professor, Kentucky Lions Eye Research Institute, U. Louisville Medical Center, Louisville, 1990;
professor, since 1990. Teacher, board studies pharmacology U. London, 1974-1979. Organizer Symposium on Ocular Inflammation, 5th International Congress for Eye Research, Eindoven, Netherlands, 1982, 6th Congress for Eye Research, Alicante, Spain, 1984.
Organizer 8th International Congress for Eye Research, San Francisco, 1988. Organizer Symposiums on the Inflammatory Process and Mediators, 9th International Congress for Eye Research, Helsinki, 1990, 92.
Member British Pharmacological Society, Association for Eye Research (Europe), International Society Eye Research, Association for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology, Experimenta Eye Research (editorial board), Society for Drug Research, New York Academy Sciences.
Married Pratima Choudhuri, June 18, 1962. Children: Charbak, Vasker.