Saurabh Chatterjee

Dr. Saurabh Chatterjee is a Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health and Medicine at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine. He is also a research health scientist with the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Long Beach VA Medical Center.

• Education: Ph.D. in Life Sciences (Inflammation Biology, 2006) from Bhabha Atomic Research Center/University of Mumbai, M.Sc. in Physiology (Immunology, 1997) and B.Sc. (Honors) in Human Physiology (1995) from University of Calcutta, India.

Dr. Chatterjee specializes in human physiology and immunology, focusing on host-microbiome interactions with redox biology, neuroimmune pathology, and gut-brain axis dynamics in pro-inflammatory diseases. His work spans Gulf War illness, chronic multisymptom illnesses, liver-brain axis pathologies, and climate change impacts on environmental toxin effects.

Recent research trends include climate change stressors like harmful algal blooms, microbiome alterations in neurological diseases, and oxidative stress-epigenomic signaling in inflammatory liver conditions. His lab explores pattern recognition receptors (TLRs, NALP3), Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns, and therapeutic compounds targeting these pathways.

Scientific Recognition:

• Society of Toxicology SIG "Outstanding Early Career Toxicologist" Award (2022)
• AAAS Invited Panelist on Climate Change and Health (2022)
• Invited Speaker at Gulf War Illness Research Advisory Council (2021)
• ASPH Delegation Speaker, Nanjing Medical University (2019)

Dr. Chatterjee leads the Chatterjee Lab at UCI, with ongoing projects funded by NIH, DOD, and VA Merit grants. His work integrates environmental toxicology with clinical translation, emphasizing gut-liver-brain axis mechanisms in disease.