Sutirth Dey
Brief CV
Education
Bachelors and Masters from University of Delhi, India
PhD with Prof Amitabh Joshi at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, India
Professional
2007-2014: Assistant Professor (Biology) at IISER Pune
2014-2019: Associate Professor, (Biology) at IISER Pune
2019- till date: Professor, (Biology) at IISER Pune
Editing
Confluence, a web forum of the Indian Academy of Sciences (Editor) (2017-2021)
Evolution (Associate Editor, 2021-2023)
Membership
Founding Member and Treasurer of Indian Society of Evolutionary Biologists (ISEB)
Awards
University Gold Medal, University of Delhi, for securing I Class I rank in M. Sc. Environmental Biology (2001)
Stood I in All India Entrance Examination for admission to Department of Environmental Biology (1999).
Best thesis in Biological Sciences (2006-2007), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore.
Young Scientist Medal -2010, awarded by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi.
IISER-Pune recognition for outstanding contribution in promoting student creativity (2011).
Appreciation of Academic Mentorship to IISER Tirupati, 2016.
SERB STAR Award 2021.
Certificate of Appreciation for exemplary teaching from IISER Pune (2022).
Past Activities
Co-coordinator of a voluntary organization called Exciting Science Group whose aim was to bring the excitement of science to school students. We functioned for 10 years (2010-2020) and reached out to thousands of students every year.
Founder of Mimamsa, probably the toughest undergraduate science quiz in India. Coordinator (2009-2014).
Editorial Board: Journal of Theoretical Biology (2015-2019)
Founder of the “Science is Fun” and “Joy of Science” series of talks at IISER Pune for school students and college students respectively. Under these two series, IISER Pune scientists (including me) traveled to various schools and colleges in India for one-day long seminar series.
Faculty Coordinator, Biology Department, IISER Tirupati (Feb-2015 to Nov-2017).
Editor, Confluence (a web forum of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru).
Personal Website
When not tied up with the above-mentioned activities, I tend to loaf around on the mental landscape, the details of which can be found on my personal website. This website is now hopelessly out-of-date and I hope to update it some day!