Principal Investigator
Krishna Kanti Dey
Associate Professor, Physics
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Education:
Postdoctoral Researcher: Pennsylvania State University, USA
Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
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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
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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
Dr. Pooja Yadav
Lab member since 2025
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Ph.D.: CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow (2025)
M. Pharm.: Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Chhattisgarh (2018)
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Research Interests: Advanced drug delivery systems, Pharmacokinetics.​
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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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apratim.ghosal[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
Chaitra Golabhavi
Lab member since 2025
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Education:
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M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2026)
B. Sc. (Physics): Rani Channamma University, Belagavi (2023)
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Research Interests: Microrheology
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chaitra.golabhavi[at]iitgn.ac.in
Alumni
Post Doc
Dr. Unnati Modi (Current Position: Assistant Professor, Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar)
Dr. Md. Moinuddin
Dr. Palash Dhara (Current Position: Assistant Professor, Anant National University, Ahmedabad)
Dr. Shirsendu Mitra (Current Position: Assistant Professor, Pandit Deendayal Energy University)
Dr. Satyapriya Bhandari
PhD
Dr. Ashish Kumar Shukla (Current Position: DBT-RA, IIT Delhi)
Project Student
Nishant, Dipak Kumar, Roshan Savio, Ayushi Bhatt, Nikita Sharma, Sunita Kumari, Shubham Malik, Siyaram Mina, Sneha Yadav, Vishal Badoliya
Junior Research Fellow
Nidhi Yadav, Ashlyn Pinto, Sonali Priyadarshini Chaudhary, Vruddhi Jani
Interns
Helly Patel, Jaishree Yadav, Venkatesh Jha, Sirsha Ganguly