Royal Society has elected 3 Indian-origin scientists as fellows, for being known for their expertise in genetics, computer and ecology. Royal Society, is the world’s oldest scientific academy in continuous existence and headed by Nobel winner Venki Ramakrishnan. On Friday the London-based Royal Society announced the 2017 election of 50 scientists and 10 foreign members for their outstanding contributions to science. The three Indian-origin scientists included are Krishna Chatterjee from University of Cambridge, Yadvinder Malhi from University of Oxford and Subhash Khot from New York University.
Chatterjee, from Metabolic Research Laboraties under University of Cambridge, is well known for his discoveries of genetic disorders of thyroid gland formation, regulation of hormone synthesis and hormone action, which have advanced fundamental knowledge of the thyroid axis. The Royal Society speaking about Chatterjee's and the department's particular interests said, “Our principal research interests are in genetic and molecular endocrinology, with particular emphasis on disorders nuclear hormone synthesis and action. We study several human disorders: Resistance to Thyroid Hormone (RTH), defined broadly as abnormal circulating thyroid hormones with tissue refractoriness to hormone action; and PPARgamma gene defects associated with lipodystrophic insulin resistance.”
Malhi is a Professor of Ecosystem Science at the School of Geography and the Environment and Programme Leader in Ecosystems at the Environmental Change Institute, Prof. Malhi's research interests focus on interactions between forest ecosystems and the global atmosphere, with a particular focus on their role in global carbon, energy and water cycles, and in understanding how the ecology of natural ecosystems may be shifting in response to global atmospheric change. More recently his interests have expanded to include the impacts and limitation of tropical deforestation.
Khot is a mathematician and theoratical computer scientist who is currently the Julius Silver Professor of Computer Science at NYU. Khot's unexpected and original contributions are providing critical insight into unresolved problems in the field of computational complexity. He is best known for his unique games conjecture.
