Principal Investigator
Krishna Kanti Dey
Associate Professor, Physics
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Education:
Postdoctoral Researcher: Pennsylvania State University, USA (2012 - 2016)
Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2011)
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Research Interests: Active matter, Colloidal dynamics and Nanotechnology
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Post Doc
Dr. Atanu Kabiraj
Lab member since 2025
Education:
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Ph.D.: IIT Bhubaneswar (2025)
M.Sc.: West Bengal State University (2015)
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Research Interests: Bulk and micro-rheology of soft and living materials, Non-equilibrium fluctuation analysis
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atanu.kabiraj[at]iitgn.ac.in
Dr. Jyoti Jaiswal
Lab member since 2025
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Ph.D.: Central University of Gujarat (2024)
M. Sc. (Biotechnology): Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (2019)
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Research Interests: Nano-carrier based drug delivery, Biophysics
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jyoti.jaiswal[at]iitgn.ac.in
Dr. Priyanka
Lab member since 2025
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Ph.D.: IISER Mohali (2025)
M. Sc.: Punjabi University, Patiala (2018)
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Research Interests: Crosstalk-based enhanced enzyme migration in crowded environments, Microfluidics.
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priyanka.p1880[at]iitgn.ac.in
Ph.D.
Rik Chakraborty
Lab member since 2020
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Education:
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M.Sc. (Nanoscience & Technology): Manipal University, Karnataka (2016)
B.Sc. (Physics): Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata (2013)
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Research Interests: Mechanics of active enzymes in crowded environments
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chakraborty_rik[at]iitgn.ac.in
Arnab Maiti
Lab member since 2020
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Education:
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M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (2019)
B. Sc. (Physics): Vidyasagar University, Midnapore (2017)
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Research Interests: Active colloids and Micro/nano-motor dynamics in crowded environments
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maiti_arnab[at]iitgn.ac.in
Nividha
Lab member since 2019
Education:
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M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2020)
B. Sc. (Physics): Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow (2017)
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Research Interests: Enzyme powered micro/nanomotor dynamics and Intracellular transport
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nividha.18510054[at]iitgn.ac.in
Niyati Shah
Lab member since 2021
Education:
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M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2022)
B. Sc. (Physics): St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad (2020)
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Research Interests: Bioactive microbubbles and Targeted transport
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niyatis[at]iitgn.ac.in
Satya Ranjan Padhi
Lab member since 2023
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M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2024)
B.Sc. (Physics): Fakir Mohan Autonomous College, Odisha (2022)
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Research Interests: Artificial and intercellular crowding, Enzyme dynamics, Protein folding
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padhisatya[at]iitgn.ac.in
Apratim Ghosal
Lab member since 2024
Education:
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M. Sc. (Physics): St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata (2022)
B. Sc. (Physics): St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata (2020)
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Research Interests: Microrheology, Enzyme kinetics in crowded environments
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24310014[at]iitgn.ac.in
Project Student
Piyusham
Lab member since 2025
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M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2026)
B.Sc. (Physics): Siddharth University, Kapilvastu (2023)
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Research Interests: Biophysics, Self-propelling motors
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24510089[at]iitgn.ac.in
Nidhi Yadav
Lab member since 2025
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M. Sc. (Biotechnology): Institute of Advanced Research (2024)
B.Sc. (Biotechnology): Institute of Advanced Research (2022)
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Research Interests: Drug Delivery, Ultrasound mediated transport
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nidhi.yadav[at]iitgn.ac.in
Dipak Kumar
Lab member since 2025
Education:
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M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2025)
B. Sc. (Physics): Raj Rishi College, Rajasthan (2022)
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Research Interests: Microbubbles, Artificial tumor enivronments
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dipak.kumar[at]iitgn.ac.in
Alumni
Post Doc
Dr. Unnati Modi, Assistant Professor, Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar
Dr. Md. Moinuddin
Dr. Palash Dhara, Assistant Professor, Anant National University, Ahmedabad
Dr. Shirsendu Mitra, Assistant Professor, Pandit Deendayal Energy University
Dr. Satyapriya Bhandari
PhD
Dr. Ashish Kumar Shukla, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Korea University of Technology and Education, South Korea
Project Student
Dipak Kumar, Roshan Savio, Ayushi Bhatt, Nikita Sharma, Sunita Kumari, Shubham Malik, Siyaram Mina, Sneha Yadav, Vishal Badoliya
Project Fellow
Nidhi Yadav, Ashlyn Pinto, Sonali Priyadarshini Chaudhary, Vruddhi Jani
SRIP Interns
Helly Patel, Jaishree Yadav, Venkatesh Jha, Sirsha Ganguly