Professor
Education
Ph. D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1984
M. S., University of Rochester, 1980
M. Sc., University of Calcutta, 1976
B. Sc., Presidency College, 1973
Biography
Himadri Pakrasi, Ph. D., is currently the Director of the International Center for Advanced Renewable Energy and Sustainability (I-CARES) at Washington University in St. Louis. He is also the George William and Irene Koechig Freiberg Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences and Professor of Energy in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Professor Pakrasi has been an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Munich University, Germany; a Distinguished Fellow at the Biosciences Institute, Nagoya University, Japan; and a Lady David Visiting Professor at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. He is also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Pakrasi serves as the Washington University ambassador from the McDonnell International Scholars Academy to the Jawaharlal Nehru University in India.
Research
Pakrasi is a biochemist recognized for his work on photosynthesis and bioenergy production. He has a keen interest in bridging the differences between the biological and physical sciences, and leads large-scale multi-institutional systems biology projects. Key areas of interest are systems biology, photosynthesis, and metal homeostasis.