Nitin Baliga, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, Director, Professor and founding member at Institute for Systems Biology

Nitin Baliga, M.Sc., Ph.D. is the senior vice president, director, professor and founding member at Institute for Systems Biology. His ability to apply novel systems biology approaches to diverse complex problems makes Nitin a secret weapon. He uses a systems approach to construct predictive models of cellular and molecular networks within pathogens, cancer cells, and microbial communities to enable biotechnologies to overcome drug resistance, find new drugs, predict the consequences of climate change, and manufacture bio-renewables. In addition to his role as editor of many leading journals, he also serves on scientific advisory boards for numerous academic and industrial organizations and has been instrumental in research program planning and review for the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy.