DASGUPTA Krishnakali
Krishnakali Dasgupta, PhD
Education :
BSc , Human Physiology, Presidency College, Calcutta. 2001-2004
MSc, Biochemistry, University of Calcutta. 2004-2006
PhD , Genetics , Molecular and Cellular Biology,
-Keck School of Medicine , USC, Los Angeles . 2006-2014
Dance Training :
Children's Little Theatre, Kolkata ( 1986- 1996)
Nandanik Manipuri Dance Academy, Kolkata (1994-2006) (Guru -Smt. Poushali Chatterjee)
Manipuri Nartanalaya, Kolkata (1999-2000) ( Guru Kalavati Devi , Guru Darshana Jhaveri)
Manipuri Dance Visions, Los Angeles (2006-2014) ( Guru - Dr. Sohini Ray)
Kathakali - Late Guru Govindan Kutty (1994-2000)
Awards, Title and Fellowships :
Dance :
Solo-Artist , Tri-Nethra Festival, MA, 2017
Senior Fellowship for Outstanding Artists , Govt. of India , 2002-2004
Sringarmani Title - Sur Sringar Samsad , 2004
Solo Manipuri performer by Nehru Childrens' Museum for Indo-German cultural exchange , 1997
Nritya/Sangeet Bhushan, 1st Division, Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandigarh,1997
Other fields:
Short Film "Boxed Up" selected for screening at Flicks4Chicks Film Festival, Boston -held by Harvard Script writers guild. 2016
Gold Medal- English Recitation , Nehru Childrens Museum, Kolkata, 1998
Gold Medal - Bengali Recitation , La Martiniere for Girls, Kolkata 2000
Silver Medal - Bengali Extempore speech, Rotary Club of Calcutta, 2000
Current Position
Postdoctoral Research Associate, NYU , Dept. of Basic Sciences and Craniofacial Biology
Previous Positions Held
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston Childrens Hospital
& Dept. of Genetics, Harvard Medical School ( 2015-2017)
Focus : Genetics, Developmental Biology, Skeletal biology , Neural crest.
Interest: Biochemistry, Cell Biology , Epigenetics , Molecular Evolution
Fellowships and Awards
CIRM (California Institute of Regenerative Medicine) Predoctoral Fellowship - 2009-2011
2nd Runner Up -6th Annual Graduate Research Symposium, USC (Life Sciences division) , 2014.
5th position - Graduating class 2004, (Human Physiology Hons. division),Univ. of Calcutta , 2004