Dr. Karobi Moitra is a Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology at Trinity Washington University in Washington, DC. She received her Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Burdwan in India. Dr. Moitra relocated to the United States and trained in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, and at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (Frederick, MD). She has received the Fellows Award for Research Excellence from the NIH for her research centered on the role of ABC transporters in human disease and drug resistance. Dr. Moitra has authored numerous scientific papers and two textbooks. Dr. Moitra is dedicated to educational outreach and in training and mentoring students. At Trinity, she teaches Introductory Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology, Evolution, and Critical Thinking About Disease and has received outstanding evaluations from her students. Dr. Moitra also enjoys writing fiction and has contributed her writing to the Human Genre Project. She has recently taken an active interest in Educational Research and particularly in the art of storytelling as an educational tool in the sciences. Outside of the classroom and laboratory, she enjoys reading, cooking, traveling, and has started a new hobby--creating artwork based on science.
