Indian physicist
Maitree Bhattacharyya is an Indian physicist who is Professor and the Director of Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS), Kolkata. 
Education.
Bhattacharyya graduated from Presidency College, Kolkata (now called Presidency University, Kolkata) with Honours in Physics and obtained M.Sc. degree from the Science College campus of University of Calcutta. She started her research career in the Department of Biophysics and Molecular Biology, University of Calcutta with a PhD degree in 1991. She worked as a research associate at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and in 1994 joined University of Calcutta as an assistant professor. Later, she was awarded an Energy Biosciences Overseas Fellowship by the Department of Biotechnology and worked as visiting scientist at University of California, San Diego, USA. 
Career.
Bhattacharyya is a professor at the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Calcutta.
Bhattacharyya joined as the director of JBNSTS in January 2015. She has published several research articles and book chapters. 
Awards and honors.
Bhattacharyya is an elected fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology.
Selected publications.
Bhattacharyya's most cited publications include:
References.
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