Dr. Srivatsan Raman S.C. Fang Endowed Professor and Vice Chair Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Srivatsan Raman is the S.C. Fang Endowed Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Director of the NIH T32 Biotechnology Training Program. He has authored 45 peer-reviewed publications and is an inventor on 10 patents (5 issued, 5 pending). 

Vatsan’s lab integrates high-throughput screening, pooled functional genomics, genome engineering, and machine learning to decode—and ultimately reprogram—biological systems, advancing programmable protein design, engineered bacteriophages, and synthetic regulatory networks. The lab’s work appears in Nature Biotechnology, PNAS, Nature Communications, Cell Host & Microbe, eLife, and Science Advances, and is regularly featured in invited seminars at major universities, Gordon Research Conferences, and industry R&D forums. His honors include the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award and the NSF CAREER Award, and his program is supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Little Warrior Foundation, and industry partners. He is a committed educator, mentor, and scientific entrepreneur, co-founding startups that translate laboratory platforms into diagnostics and therapeutics.

Vatsan’s civic/humanitarian activities include public science communication over statewide media, community lectures and festivals, K-12 & educator outreach, student mentorship, and entrepreneurship and ethics forums.