Sourav Chowdhury
Dr. Sourav Chowdhury is an Assistant Professor at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, where he leads research in evolutionary systems biophysics.
At BITS Pilani, Dr. Chowdhury investigates how proteins evolve and how this impacts major global health challenges such as antimicrobial resistance and protein-related diseases. His work combines approaches from protein biophysics, systems biology, metabolic modeling, and artificial intelligence to understand better how drug resistance develops and how it can be prevented. His lab focuses on designing strategies to make future treatments more effective and longer-lasting.
Dr. Chowdhury’s research spans areas including protein evolvability, antimicrobial resistance, and disease biology, with ongoing projects exploring resistance mechanisms in pathogens and structural studies of proteins linked to neurodegenerative diseases. He also teaches courses in biomolecular modeling, protein engineering, and scientific instrumentation, and mentors undergraduate and doctoral researchers.
Before joining BITS Pilani, he held research and academic positions at Harvard University and CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, and continues to collaborate internationally as an Associate Fellow and affiliated faculty member with programs at Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Chowdhury received his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology. He also completed postdoctoral research in Biophysics and Systems Biology at Harvard University. He holds a master’s degree in Biotechnology from Utkal University and a bachelor’s degree in Microbiology from the University of Calcutta, India.
His contributions to science have been recognized with several awards, including the Best Presenter Award at the Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Summit, the Carl Storm International Diversity Award, and the Research Excellence Award from CSIR-IICB.
Contact Sourav: [email protected]
