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Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty, Ph.D. is a Bengali-American scientist and researcher, most notable for his role in developing a new species of Pseudomonas bacteria ("oil-eating bacteria") using directed evolution. For this work, he was granted the first patent of a living organism by the U.S.
Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision on June 16, 1980 (Diamond v. Chakrabarty). For his work in pioneering the concept of directed evolution, he was granted the Padma Bhusan by the Government of India in 2007.
