Abhijit Banerjee
Associate Vice President for Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Connecticut
Elected to the Academy in 2026
Education
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, PhD, Biological Chemistry; Suffolk University, MBA, Business
Professional Areas
Intellectual property protection and licensing, technology commercialization, industry-university research partnerships, biological chemistry, and structural biology.
Citation
For strengthening Connecticut’s innovation economy through leadership in technology translation, commercialization, startup generation, and research and development partnerships, for advancing UConn’s role in economic development, and for contributions to biological chemistry and structural biology.