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{{short description|Indian molecular parasitologist}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name = Shobhona Sharma
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|nationality = [[India]]n
|field = [[Biology]]
|alma_mater = [[Miranda House]], [[Delhi University]]
|work_institution = [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]]
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|known_for = Malaria research
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'''Shobhona Sharma''' (born 5 February 1953) is a professor specializing in immunology, molecular biology, and biochemistry at the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], Mumbai. She is also the chairperson of the Department of Biological Sciences.<ref name="TIFR profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.tifr.res.in/~dbs/faculty/S_Sharma.html|title=Shobhona Sharma|publisher=Tata Institute of Fundamental Research|accessdate=9 September 2015}}</ref><ref name="INSA news">{{cite journal|title=Academy News|journal=Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy|publisher=[[Indian National Science Academy]]|volume=80|issue=5|pages=1119–1138|issn=0370-0046|url=http://www.insa.nic.in/writereaddata/UpLoadedFiles/PINSA/Vol80_2014_5_Art17.pdf}}</ref> She is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy.

==Early life==
Shobhona Sharma (née Banerjee) was born to Bengali parents from [[Calcutta]]. She completed her schooling from Lady Irwin School, [[New Delhi]]. She did her undergraduate study in chemistry at [[Miranda House]], Delhi, and obtained her Master's degree from [[Delhi University]] in 1975. She joined the doctoral program at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. She chose molecular biology as her specialization. During this time Sharma met a fellow doctoral student majoring in solid-state electronics and they subsequently got married.

==Career==
After completing her Ph.D., Sharma moved to research topics related to Malaria at [[New York University Medical Center]] as a post-doctoral fellow. After a while, as her husband was at a job in the [[Research Triangle Park]] in North Carolina, Sharma decided to move, and with the help of her adviser she found a research position at [[Duke University]]. After the birth of their daughter, Sharma and her husband moved back to India — she joined TIFR and he joined the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]].<ref name="Hargittai">{{cite book|last=Hargittai|first=Magdolna|title=Women Scientists: Reflections, Challenges, and Breaking Boundaries|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|date=2015|pages=236–8|chapter=Shobhona Sharma|isbn=9780199359981|oclc=884500448}}</ref> In 2003 Sharma was elected as a Fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], and in 2014 she was elected as Fellow, of the [[Indian National Science Academy]].<ref name="INSA news" />

==Honours and awards==
* Fellow, [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]
* Fellow, [[Indian National Science Academy]]

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