Anirban Mahapatra

Anirban Mahapatra is an Indian microbiologist and the editorial director of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) since 2022.^[1] He is the author of two popular science books. Earlier, he led an editorial team at the American Chemical Society (ACS).^[1]

Anirban Mahapatra
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Ohio State University (Masters) Ohio State University (PhD)
Occupations	microbiologist author editor

Education and career

Mahapatra has a Masters and a PhD in microbiology from The Ohio State University.^[1] He launched several scientific journals while at ACS.

Mahapatra writes a popular science column for The Hindustan Times, a leading Indian national daily newspaper.^[2] His science columns have also been published by The Morning Context.^[3]

Publications

Mahapatra has written a couple of popular science books:

• COVID-19:Separating Fact from Fiction published by Penguin Random House India.^[4]
• When the Drugs Don't Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine published by Juggernaut Books.^[5][6]

Sukumar Ranganathan reviewed COVID-19:Separating Fact from Fiction in The Hindustan Times.^[7] Devangshu Datta reviewed it in the Business Standard.^[8] Ranjona Banerji reviewed the book in The Asian Age.^[9]

Sucheta Dasgupta reviewed When the Drugs Don't Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine in The Asian Age.^[10] Soma Das reviewed the book in The Financial Express.^[11] The book featured in an India Today podcast.^[12]