Ashis Basu

Principal Investigator

B.Sc. Chemistry (Honors) University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India 1971
M.Sc. Organic Chemistry University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India 1973
Ph.D. Bioorganic Chemistry Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 1984
Postdoc Chemical Toxicology MIT, Cambridge, MA 1984-1990

Positions and Honors

1979-1984: Graduate Research Assistant; Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
1984-1990: Postdoctoral Associate, MIT, Cambridge, MA
1990-1996: Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
1996-2001: Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
2001-current: Professor of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

Recipient of Research Career Development Award from NIH (1998-2003). Member, NIEHS Review Committee and Study Section, 1998-2002. Member, NIEHS Site Visit Team, 1998-2002. Chair, NIH study section: Carcinogenicity of drinking water disinfectant byproducts, NIEHS, 2000. Chair, NIH R13 grant review, 2002. Member, Chemical Pathology Study Section, NIH (2002-2003). Member, Cancer Etiology Study Section, NIH (2004-2007). Member, College of CSR reviewers (2010-2011). Currently serving on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nucleic Acids. Treasurer, ACS Division of Chemical Toxicology (2010-2011).