Roop Mallik, PhD, is a professor at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research’s Department of Biological Sciences. Mallik is a biophysicist who specializes on nanoscale molecular motor proteins that transport materials, ranging from endosomes to viruses, within cells.

For his pioneering work, Mallik has received numerous awards, including the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 2014 and Infosys Prize in 2018.