Prof. Aditi Das 

Professor Aditi Das

Group Leader and Director of Research

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Professor Aditi Das did her BSc. (Hons.) Chemistry from St. Stephen's College Delhi, followed by M.Sc. (Chemistry) from I.I.T (Kanpur). She received her Ph.D. in Chemistry from Princeton University under the guidance of Prof. Michael Hecht. She did her post-doctoral work with Prof. Steve Sligar as part of Northwestern University NSF-NSEC fellow and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. She joined University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) as a tenure track assistant professor in 2012. 

2025-Present: Professor (Tenured) School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology (GaTech). Affiliate: Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences. 

2022-2025:  Associate Professor (Tenured), School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology (GaTech). Affiliate: Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences. 

2018-2022: Associate Professor (Tenured), Department of Comparative Biosciences (Pharmacology-Toxicology),University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

2012-2018: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Biosciences (Pharmacology-Toxicology), Department of Biochemistry, Department of Bioengineering, Center for Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Neuroscience Program and Beckman Institute for Advanced S&T. University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

2006-2011: Post-Doctoral Fellow Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

2001-2006: Ph.D. Chemistry, Princeton University

NOTABLE AWARDS AND HONORS

• NIH R35 Outstanding Researcher Award for Established Investigators

• Editorial Advisory Board Member, Molecular Pharmacology, ASPET journal, Elsevier 

• NIH Permanent Study Section Member, Biochemistry & Biophysics of Membrane 2021-2025

• Thank a teacher notes in CHEM 3522/6502

• (SoCB Honor) Vasser Woolley Faculty Fellowship Award from SoCB, GaTech

• Plenary Lecture ISSX Meeting at Boston

• (National Award) El Sohly award from the ACS-Cannabis division for excellence in Cannabis research. 

• (National Award) Mary Swartz Rose YI Award from American Society for Nutrition (ASN) for outstanding research on lipid biochemistry

• (National Award) E.L.R. Stokstad Award from American Society for Nutrition (ASN) for outstanding research on bioactive lipids for human health. 

• Zoetis Research Excellence Award from College of Veterinary Medicine

• (National Award) Eicosanoid Research Foundation YI award (Category: Molecular Biochemistry)

• American Heart Associate (AHA) Scientist Development Grant Career award

• Outstanding Post-Doctoral Research Award NSF-NSEC (top 3 postdocs in the NSEC center, Northwestern University)

• Deans Honor's List for Graduate Studies at Princeton University 

• FMC Graduate Student Award at Princeton University (for top student in organic chemistry or biochemistry)

• First year Science and Engineering Fellowshi [at Princeton University (for top entering student)

FUNDING

Das  has been funded by National Institute of Health (NIH - NIGMS, NIDA and NCCIH), USDA, and National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) and American Heart Association (AHA). 

NOTABLE EXTERNAL SERVICE

• Organizer of the International P450 conference