Citizenship India Name Saraswathi Vishveshwara Nationality Indian Role Biophysicist | Alma mater Bangalore University Residence Bengaluru Children two daughters Fields Molecular biophysics | |
Institutions Carnegie Mellon University
Indian Institute of Science Doctoral students R. Sankararamakrishnan, B S Sanjeev Education Bangalore University, City University of New York | ||
Saraswathi Vishveshwara is an Indian biophysicist with specialization in the area of Molecular Biophysics. She is a professor in the Molecular Biophysics Unit at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She works on computational biology and her research is primarily focused on elucidating structure-function relationships in biological systems. Using computational-mathematical techniques to understand the functioning of macromolecules such as proteins is a key aspect of her research.
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Education
Saraswathi's undergraduate (B.Sc.) and post-graduate (M.Sc.) education was in Bangalore University. After she did her M.Sc in bio-chemistry, she completed her Ph.D. at the City University of New York under the guidance of David Beveridge. Her doctorate was in quantum chemistry.
Professional Experience
After her doctorate Vishveshwara became a postdoctoral fellow at the Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. She worked with well-known quantum chemist and Nobel Laureate, John Pople. She returned to India and joined the Indian Institute of Science as a postdoctoral fellow in the Molecular Biophysics Unit. She became a faculty member and Professor.