Dr. Ranita Ghosh Dastidar

Dr. Ranita Ghosh Dastidar has joined in 2019 as a full-time research faculty with 19 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. Research Faculty in Department of Biochemistry, KMC, Manipal Speciality: Cell and Molecular Biology with an emphasis on energy metabolism with mitochondrial studies Coordinator of Grant Clinic in KMC, Manipal to promote grant writing and guidance to faculty members Coordinator of “Research Talk Series” to promote research awareness and networking for post-doctoral positions amongst Ph.D.

scholars Reviewer of PLOS One, Microbial Pathogenesis, Emerging Microbes and Infections, Web of Science, Medical Mycology, European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, Advanced Science, Science PG, Wellcome Open Research. Interested in student development with student-centered learning pedagogy in a laboratory environment. 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.