Biography:

Saurabh Chattopadhyay, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. His research investigates how viral pathogens interface with innate immune signaling pathways, with a particular focus on interferon-regulated mechanisms that shape antiviral defense and inflammatory responses. His laboratory has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Ohio Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the American Heart Association. Dr. Chattopadhyay earned his doctoral degree in Biotechnology from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and completed postdoctoral training in Virology at the Cleveland Clinic. Before joining the University of Kentucky, he was a faculty member at the University of Toledo College of Medicine.