Younger Chemists Committee celebrates 50 years: Member perspectives

These profiles are part of a two-part series celebrating the Younger Chemists Committee (YCC) 50-year anniversary. The first part of this series was published in the Nov. 18 issue of C&EN under the title “Younger Chemists Committee celebrates 50 years.” The interviews in this part of the series included questions about the member’s career paths, challenges in their careers, what they’ve gotten out of being a part of YCC, what they foresee as big issues for YCC to be involved with in the next 50 years, and advice for future members. These profiles have been edited for length and clarity. Profile: Sagar Bhattacharya Sagar Bhattacharya is a postdoctoral scholar studying under William DeGrado in the DeGrado Lab at the University of California, San Francisco, where he is carrying out research on protein design and catalysis and biomedical applications. Bhattacharya earned his PhD from Syracuse University, where he focused on biological