Bio
Mukund Thattai is a biological physicist and professor at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bangalore. In 2004, Prof. Thattai obtained his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined NCBS in the same year.
Thattai helped establish the Simons Centre for the Study of Living Machines at NCBS. Under his leadership, it has emerged as one of the important centers internationally for work at the interface of biology and physics.