Malay K. Basu, PhD., MBA

Professional Background

Dr. Basu received his Ph.D. degree in Life Sciences from the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India. He received his Master of Science (M.Sc.) Degree in Zoology with specialization in Cytology and Genetics from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, and Master of Technology (M. Tech.) Degree in Biotechnology from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Dr. Basu finished his Postdoctoral training in the lab of Dr. Eugene Koonin at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Before joining KUMC, Dr. Basu was an Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB), and J. Craig Venter Insitute (JCVI), Rockville, MD. At UAB, Dr. Basu was also the director of Genifx genome informatics facility.