Souvarish Sarkar

Souvarish Sarkar: Assistant Professor - Department of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center / Dept. of Neuroscience at URMC

Souvarish got his undergraduate degree in Biotechnology in 2013 from the Heritage Institute of Technology, West Bengal, India, and his Ph.D. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. As a doctoral student with Dr. Anumantha Kanthasamy, his research focused primarily on understanding the molecular mechanisms and signaling pathways of neuroinflammation in Parkinson's disease (PD). Souvarish completed his post-doctoral fellowship in Dr. Mel Feany's lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, where he studied the role of various genetic factors in regulating PD etiology. He received a K99/R00 career transition grant from the NIH in 2022 and joined the Department of Environmental Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center as a tenure-track Assistant professor. Currently, he also holds a joint appointment with the Dept. of Neuroscience at URMC. 

2023-2024 Mentee: Doreen Idonije

2024-2025 Mentee: Omar Gonzalez