Sharmistha Dey

Biography:

Dr. Sharmistha Dey, Professor, Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. She is a basic science researcher in the field of Medicine with specialization in Biophysics and focus on protein biology, for more than last 30 years. Her area of research on proteins and peptides of biological significance can be grouped under three broad headings: bio-markers of neurodegenerative diseases, bio-markers of cancer, bio-markers of ageing and age related diseases; and plant proteins with therapeutic utility. She has more than 150 publications on various aspects of her research work in reputed and high impact journals. Her research contribution was recognized by Indian Council of Medical Research in 2016 with Prof SM Marwah Award for excellence in the field of ageing research. Her research papers have been repeatedly awarded AIIMS Excellence Research Award which was instituted in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018. She has been awarded two international fellowships from Department of Biotechnology and Indian Council of Medical Research. She got first prize in AIIMS Oncology Research in 2019.