About Dr. Chatterjee
Dr. Nimrat Chatterjee started her faculty career at the University of Vermont in July 2020 in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. As a molecular biologist, she studies problems in genome instability, specifically DNA damage, repair, and mutagenesis. Her interdisciplinary work has applications in cancer etiology and resistance, host-pathogen interactions, and neurodegenerative disorders. She pursued her Ph.D. with John Wilson (author of Problems in Molecular Biology) and her first post-doctoral training with Alison Bertuch at Baylor College of Medicine. Her second post-doctoral training was with Graham Walker (NAS member) at MIT. Dr. Chatterjee is passionate about her research and loves mentoring, teaching, writing, and being an active member of the scientific community! ​​​
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ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6556-9423
Education and training
2010-2014
Baylor College of Medicine
Ph.D.
Graduate Advisor: Dr. John H. Wilson
Dissertation title: Environmental stress induces trinucleotide repeat instability
2014-2015
Baylor College of Medicine
Post-doctoral training I
Mentor: Dr. Alison Bertuch
Projects: A few projects on DNA repair dynamics and bone marrow failure disorders
2016-2020
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Post-doctoral training II
Mentor: Dr. Graham C. Walker
Projects: Several projects on therapeutic targeting and biochemical understanding of mutagenic pathways
2018
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Kauffman Teaching Certification
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2022
Ragon Institute of MIT/Harvard/MGH
BSL3 training
Mentor: Dr. Mike Yong
Projects: Trained on SARS-CoV-2 infection experiments