Dr. Siddhesh Kamat is an adjunct Faculty, Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. he is also an adjunct Faculty, Department of Chemistry, IISER Pune. He was an assistant Professor (August 2016 – December 2019) Department of Biology, IISER Pune. He has “EMBO Young Investigator” fellowship. He has earned number of awards and fellowships like Merck Young Scientist Award in Biological Sciences (2019), Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Scientist Medal (2019) UAA-ICT Distinguished Alumni Award – Young Achiever (2019), DST-SERB India, Early Career Research Award (April 2017 – March 2020) , DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance, Intermediate Fellowship (November 2016 – October 2021).