Anirban Mahapatra

Anirban Mahapatra is an Indian American microbiologist and the chief science and global strategy officer of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) . Earlier he was editorial director. He is the author of two popular science books. Earlier, he led an editorial team at the American Chemical Society (ACS). His science columns have also been published by The Morning Context.

Publications Mahapatra has written a couple of popular science books:

COVID-19:Separating Fact from Fiction published by Penguin Random House India. When the Drugs Don't Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine published by Juggernaut Books.

Sukumar Ranganathan reviewed COVID-19:Separating Fact from Fiction in The Hindustan Times. Devangshu Datta reviewed it in the Business Standard. Ranjona Banerji reviewed the book in The Asian Age.

Sucheta Dasgupta reviewed When the Drugs Don't Work: The Hidden Pandemic That Could End Modern Medicine in The Asian Age. Soma Das reviewed the book in The Financial Express. The book featured in an India Today podcast.