Suchetana “Tuli” Mukhopadhyay, a professor in the Department of Biology at Indiana University Bloomington, was awarded the 2025 Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). The award, named for Alice C. Evans, the first woman elected ASM president in 1928, recognizes outstanding contributions toward the full participation and advancement of women in microbial sciences.
Mukhopadhyay earned her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from DePauw University and her doctorate in chemistry from the University of Illinois Chicago. After completing her doctoral studies, she conducted postdoctoral research on G-protein mediated signaling at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She continued her postdoctoral work at Purdue University in structural virology, where she developed a strong interest in arboviruses. Mukhopadhyay joined IU in 2005, where she established her research program focused on the assembly and spread of alphaviruses.
Throughout her career, Mukhopadhyay has mentored more than 50 undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. She is actively involved in programs supporting junior faculty. She is enthusiastic about hands-on outreach and engages in various educational initiatives, including outreach programs for elementary schools, the Jim Holland Program for high school students at IU, and the Lilly Girls and Young Women in STEM Advisory Committee at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. She also designed the “Virus Patterns and Symmetry” display at the WonderLab Museum in Bloomington.
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