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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Ph.D. Students
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
Project Student
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
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Post Doc
Jaishree Yadav, Venkatesh Jha, Sirsha Ganguly
Alumni
Post Docs
Dr. Palash Dhara, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Stanford University, USA
Dr. Shirsendu Mitra, Assistant Professor, Pandit Deendayal Energy University
Dr. Satyapriya Bhandari
Dr. Ashish Kumar Shukla, Post-Doctoral Fellow at Korea University of Technology and Education, South Korea
Sonali Priyadarshini Chaudhary, Vruddhi Jani
PhD
SRIP Interns
Junior Research Fellows
Project Students
Lab member since 2024
Education:
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Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2022)
M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering): Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (2014)
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Research Interests: Bio-polymers, Active colloids, Interfaces, Gels, and Films
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md.moinuddin[at]iitgn.ac.in
Dr. Md Moinuddin
Ayushi Bhatt, Nikita Sharma, Sunita Kumari, Shubham Malik, Siyaram Mina, Sneha Yadav, Vishal Badoliya