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Asima Chatterjee was an Indian organic chemist noted for her work in the fields of organic chemistry and phytomedicine. Her most notable work includes research on vinca alkaloids, the development of anti-epileptic drugs, and development of anti-malarial drugs. She also authored a considerable volume of work on medicinal plants of the Indian subcontinent. She was the first woman to receive a Doctor…
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culture · Indian organic chemist (1917–2006) · chemist · botanist · university teacher · writer · also Asima Chatterjee, Asima Chattopadhyay, Chatterjee
Born 23 September 1917 · Died 22 November 2006 · Q7450
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Published “The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer” in Nature — cited 3,354 times.
Published “Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes” in Nature — cited 2,837 times.
Published “First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole” in The Astrophysical Journal Letters — cited 3,683 times.
Published “GWTC-1: A Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog of Compact Binary Mergers Observed by LIGO and Virgo during the First and Second Observing Runs” in Physical Review X — cited 2,857 times.
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Published “GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral” in Physical Review Letters — cited 8,306 times.
Published “Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A” in The Astrophysical Journal Letters — cited 2,996 times.
Published “Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger <sup>*</sup>” in The Astrophysical Journal Letters — cited 3,686 times.
Published “Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)” in Autophagy — cited 4,422 times.
Published “Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC” in Physics Letters B — cited 6,668 times.
Published “A Design Science Research Methodology for Information Systems Research” in Journal of Management Information Systems — cited 5,362 times.
Died 2006-11-22.
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Was conferred the Padma Bhushan and became the first female scientist to be elected as the General President of the Indian Science Congress Association
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Was appointed as the Honorary Coordinator of the Special Assistance Programme to intensify teaching and research in natural product chemistry, sanctioned by the Indian University Grants Commission
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When she lost her father and husband within a span of 4 months, Asima Chatterjee came back to science after a few months (she suffered a major health scare herself at the same time)
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Awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (1961).
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Received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in chemical science, becoming the first female recipient of this award
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Was elected a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
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She married Baradananda Chatterjee, a physical-chemist, in 1945 and had a daughter, Julie, with him.
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Did her higher studies in chemistry, passing with honors distinction, from the Scottish Church College of the University of Calcutta
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Born 1917-09-23.
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