Partha Basu is a professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA. Professor Basu earned his B.Sc. (Honors) and M.Sc. (Inorganic Chemistry) from Calcutta University, India. He earned a PhD in Coordination Chemistry from Jadavpur University, India. After PhD he moved US and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Arizona with Professor John H. Enemark, and then joined Duquesne as a faculty member. Professor Basu’s research interests are in the broad area of bioinorganic chemistry that combines design and synthesis of new molecules, detailed spectroscopic and kinetic analyses of the compounds, protein expression and purification, as well as mass spectrometry. Since joining Duquesne Professor Basu has developed new synthetic strategies for dendrimers to metal sulfur compounds to new sensors. He has nearly 90 peer reviewed publications, and two patents. Professor Basu has mentored 7 postdoctoral fellows, 9 PhD students, 3 MS students, 28 undergraduate students and 4 high school students. He has directed 5 PhD doctoral dissertations, and 3 Honors undergraduate theses. These students have gone on to successful career paths from assuming positions in academia, industry or government laboratories. Some of the undergraduate students have gone on to graduate and medical schools. Professor Basu has organized two symposia at the National ACS meetings; he is the founding Director of the Center for Metals in Biological Systems at Duquesne University, and organizes a yearly mini-symposium at Duquesne. Professor Basu serves on many committees of local organizations dedicated to science education such as Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh and Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh.