Mukhopadhyay Elected American Academy of Microbiology Fellow

February 26, 2025
By Sara Harmon

Aindrila Mukhopadhyay, Vice President of JBEI’s Biofuels and Bioproducts Division and the Science Deputy for the Berkeley Lab’s Biological Systems and Engineering Division has been elected to the 2025 Class of American Academy of Microbiology fellows

Mukhopadhyay specializes in using functional genomics and systems biology to engineer microbes for bioproduction, and to study signaling and mobile genetic elements in environmental microbes. 

The Academy, the honorific leadership group of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), elects 65 fellows annually through a peer-review process based on scientific achievements and advancements in the field of microbial sciences. Established in 1970, the Academy is composed of over 2,600 from around the world who represent an array of microbiology subspecialties.

Congratulations Aindrila!