Utpal Banerjee is a Professor of the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology at UCLA. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Master of Science in Physical Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and PhD in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. Banerjee was elected Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2018), Director, Genetics Society of America Board of Directors (2010), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2009), He also served on the Life Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2014.