Dr Chetan Gadgil Chetan Gadgil studied Chemical Engineering at UICT, Mumbai, IIT Bombay and the University of Minnesota as an undergraduate, M Tech, and PhD student, respectively. He worked in the Mathematics Department at the University of Minnesota as a postdoctoral researcher, and in the Scientific Computing and Mathematical Modeling group at GlaxoSmithKline as an Investigator. He is currently a Scientist in the Chemical Engineering Division at NCL. His research interests include deterministic and stochastic modeling and simulation of biological systems to study signal transduction, pattern formation, drug target identification, pharmacokinetics and bioassays.