Sumita Basu Mitra
Personal Information
Born: 1949
Country of Birth: India
Nationality: Indian/American
Ethnicity: Asian
Education
Presidency College-Kolkata BS Chemistry 1969; University Kolkata (Calcutta) MS Organic Chemistry 1972; University of Michigan PhD Organic Chemistry/Polymer 1977; Case Western Reserve University Postdoc Fellow, Polymer Chemistry
Professional Life
Field of Study: Chemistry
Institution/Corporation: University of Michigan; 3M; Mitra Chemical Consulting LLC
Degrees & Memberships: Member: National Academy of Engineering (2021); American Chemical Society
Awards & Achievements
Awards: 2018, National Inventor's Hall of Fame; 1998, Carlton Society, 3M; 2006, Regional Industrial Innovation "Award, American Chemical Society (ACS);2009, Heroes of Chemistry Dward, ACM; 2012, Peyton Skinnar Award for Innovation in Dental Materials, IADR; 2022, National Academy of Inventors; 2021, European Patent Organization Award in Non-EPO Category; 2020, Hollenbeck Memorial Prize, Academy of Operative Dentistry
Achievements: Nanocomposite Dental Materials; Nanocomposite resin modified glass isomers & adhesives for dental materials; Filtek dental restorative material sold by 3M; 2010, co-owner of Mitra Chemical Consulting LLC
Holds 112 patents for dental materials & adhesives including Filtek composites sold by 3M
2010, co-owner of Mitra Chemical Consulting, LLC
1st to use nanomaterial-based dental fillers
Born & raised in India; came to US for graduate studies & specialized in polymer chemistry
Joined 3M in 1978, retired 2010, & opened her own consulting company