Principal Investigator
Krishna Kanti Dey
Associate Professor, Physics
Education:
Postdoctoral Researcher: Pennsylvania State University, USA
Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Research Interests: Active matter, Colloidal dynamics and Nanotechnology
Post Doc
Dr. Atanu Kabiraj
Lab member since 2025
Education:
Ph.D.: IIT Bhubaneswar (2025)
M.Sc.: West Bengal State University (2015)
Research Interests: Bulk and micro-rheology of soft and living materials, Non-equilibrium fluctuations
atanu.kabiraj[at]iitgn.ac.in
Dr. Pooja Yadav
Lab member since 2025
Ph.D.: CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow (2025)
M. Pharm.: Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Chhattisgarh (2018)
Research Interests: Advanced drug delivery systems, Pharmacokinetics.
pooja.yadav[at]iitgn.ac.in
Ph.D.
Rik Chakraborty
Lab member since 2020
Education:
M.Sc. (Nanoscience & Technology): Manipal University, Karnataka (2016)
B.Sc. (Physics): Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata (2013)
Research Interests: Mechanics of active enzymes in crowded environments
chakraborty_rik[at]iitgn.ac.in
Arnab Maiti
Lab member since 2020
Education:
M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (2019)
B. Sc. (Physics): Vidyasagar University, Midnapore (2017)
Research Interests: Active colloids and Micro/nano-motor dynamics in crowded environments
maiti_arnab[at]iitgn.ac.in
Nividha
Lab member since 2019
Education:
M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2020)
B. Sc. (Physics): Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow (2017)
Research Interests: Enzyme powered micro/nanomotor dynamics and Intracellular transport
nividha.18510054[at]iitgn.ac.in
Niyati Shah
Lab member since 2021
Education:
M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2022)
B. Sc. (Physics): St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad (2020)
Research Interests: Bioactive microbubbles and Targeted transport
niyatis[at]iitgn.ac.in
Satya Ranjan Padhi
Lab member since 2023
M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2024)
B.Sc. (Physics): Fakir Mohan Autonomous College, Odisha (2022)
Research Interests: Artificial and intercellular crowding, Enzyme dynamics, Protein folding
padhisatya[at]iitgn.ac.in
Apratim Ghosal
Lab member since 2024
Education:
M. Sc. (Physics): St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata (2022)
B. Sc. (Physics): St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata (2020)
Research Interests: Microrheology, Enzyme kinetics in crowded environments
apratim.ghosal[at]iitgn.ac.in
Project Student
Piyusham
Lab member since 2025
M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2026)
B.Sc. (Physics): Siddharth University, Kapilvastu (2023)
Research Interests: Biophysics, Self-propelling motors
24510089[at]iitgn.ac.in
Chaitra Golabhavi
Lab member since 2025
Education:
M. Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2026)
B. Sc. (Physics): Rani Channamma University, Belagavi (2023)
Research Interests: Microrheology
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, Sritama Saha
Interns
Helly Patel, Jaishree Yadav, Venkatesh Jha, Sirsha Ganguly
Dr. Priyanka (Current Position: Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of Notre Dame, USA)
Dr. Jyoti Jaiswal