Protein Biophysics Lab

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ph.D Scholars

Dhruv Kumar Chaurasiya (HTRA)

B. Tech, NIT Jalandhar

Punjab, India.

dhruvkumarjns97@gmail.com

Shilpi Laha (UGC-JRF)

M. Sc, RKMVERI

Kolkata, India.

lahashilpi02@gmail.com

Saloni Goyal (HTRA)

B. Tech, Thapar University

Patiala, India.

goyalsaloni0417@gmail.com

Mayukh Chatterjee (PMRF)

M. Sc, Presidency University

Kolkata, India.

mayukhdls@gmail.com

Sharad J S (HTRA)

M.S.R, IIT Delhi

Delhi, India.

sharadbharathi@gmail.com

Soham Ray Chaudhuri (HTRA)

M.Tech, NIT Rourkela

Rourkela, India.

sohamraychaudhuri99@gmail.com

Dhara Patel (CSIR-JRF)

M.Sc., CVM University

Gujrat, India.

Dharap.450.dp@gmail.com

Nivedhita S (HTRA)

M. Tech., MAKAUT

West Bengal, India.

nivedhita169@gmail.com
Former Ph.D Students

Lawanya Natarajan

Thesis: Sequestration Mechanisms in MerR Family Antibiotic Binding Proteins

Ph.D (2019-2025)

  • Honors and Awards >>

    1. Institute Research Award, IITM, India (2024)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany external link

Adithi K

Thesis: Exploring the Connection between Intra-Protein Coupling Free Energies and Native Ensemble Dynamics

Ph.D (2018-2024)

  • Honors and Awards >>

    Keshav-Rangnath Award, IIT Madras, India (2023-24)

Kabita Bhattacharjee

Thesis: A ‘Perturb-Probe’ Method to Explore Signal Propagation in Proteins

Ph.D (2016-2024)



Current Position: Assistant Manager, ShasunMed Life-Sciences R&D, India external link

Bincy Lukose

Thesis: Molecular Determinants of Self-Assembly & Hetero-Oligomerization in the Thermo-Osmo-Regulatory Protein H-NS

Ph.D (2018-2024)

  • Honors and Awards >>

    1. Women leading IITM, India (2023)

    2. Best Thesis Award, IIT Madras, India (2024)

Current Position: Asst.Manager, Pfizer, Chennai, India external link

Rahul Dani

Thesis: Conformational Determinants that Shape Differential Functionality in Paralogous Proteins

Ph.D (2017-2024)



Current Position: Senior Scientist, Advanced analytical dept., Enzene Biosciences R&D, India external link

Divya Rajendran

Thesis: Switching the Conformational Features of DNA Binding Domains from the LacI Family of Repressors

Ph.D (2016-2024)

  • Honors and Awards >>

    Women leading IITM, India (2022)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Debasis Das lab, TIFR Mumbai, India external link

Hemashree Golla

Thesis: Role of surface electrostatics in determining protein folding and conformational behaviours

Ph.D (2016-2022)

  • Honors and Awards >>

    Women leading IITM, India (2022)

Current Position: Principal Scientist, Biocon Limited, India external link

     
   

Soundara Rajan G

Thesis: Elucidating Protein Folding and Binding Mechanisms by Phase Space Reduction

Ph.D (2014-2020)

  • Honors and Awards >>

    1. Best Thesis Award, IIT Madras, India (2021)

    2. Institute Research Award, IIT Madras, India (2018)

Current Position: Research Associate, Ben Schuler Research Group, Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland external link

Sneha Munshi

Thesis: Understanding Sequence-Disorder-Function Relationships in a DNA binding protein

Ph.D (2013-2019)

  • Honors and Awards >>

    1. Best Thesis Award, IIT Madras, India (2020)

    2. Appreciation from Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards (BIRAC-GYTI, 2019)

    3. Institute Research Award, IIT Madras, India (2018)

Current Position: Process Development Scientist, BIOVECTRA, India external link

   

Abhishek Narayan

Thesis: Understanding the Design Principles of a Protein Nano-sensor

Ph.D (2012-2018)

  • Honors and Awards >>

    1. Best Thesis Award, IIT Madras, India (2018)

    2. Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award under Cutting Edge Innovation category (BIRAC-GYTI, 2018)

    3. Financial Assistance under SERB International Travel Support Scheme

    4. Institute Research Award, IIT Madras, India (2017 and 2018)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta, Canada external link

Former Research Assistants and Research Scientists

Dr. Divakar K

INSA Research Fellow (2017)

 

Sandhyaa Subramanian, B. Tech.

Junior Research Fellow (2016-2017)

 

Dr. Sebastian Raja

Post Doctoral Fellow (2014-2016)

M. Tech Students Project Students Summer Trainees

1.Aditya Kokate

2. Akash Chakraborty

3. Chandrika Sarkar

4. Hrithik Baradia

5. Aarsha A

6. Vasantha Kumar G

7. Sonal A

8. Aneesa M H

9. Deepanjali K

10. Debosmita B

 

1. Harshavardhan M

2. Sidharth Balaji S

3. Arin Moghe

4. Aadit Mahajan

5. Ananya K Ajay

6. Abarna M

7. Priyadharshini S

8. Uvarani M

9. M K Mohana Priya

10. Lavanya R

11. Prahalaad VV

12. Madhumitha S

13. Rupanjoli M

14. Ashwin George M

15. Raja Rajeshwari SP

16. Logeshwar K M

17. Harshita Ojha

18. Sathvik A

19. Akashnathan A

20. Abhijeet Sinha

21. Rekha Suresh

22. Sunanda S

23. Divya Vijayabalan

24. Shreyansh Umale

25. Aaditiya V

26. Devanshu

27. Ashok Dhaharwal

28. Nanda Kumar

29. Bhavana Martha

30. Shubham Sehrawet

31. Samyuktha Ramesh

32. Swaathiratna Suresh

33. Praveen Krishna

34. Nitish Kumar Singh

35. Krithika Ravindran

36. Jayaseelan

37. Aparna Srinivasan

 

1. Naga Keerthana T

2. Navaneeth KN

3. Vani Padmakumar

4. Janani Rajendran

5. Varsha G

6. Varsha MN

7. Shweta Das

8. Meagha Ramana Kumar

9. Sreenath Srikrishnan

10. Shreyansh Umale

11. Gayathri Govindarajan

12. Harshith S

13. Rohith Sivakumar

14. Srinivasan Sivanandan

15. Hari Shankar

16. Arpita Ghosh

17. Pooja Sethiya

18. Karthigayini

 

2023, Maintained by Protein Biophysics Lab, IIT Madras, Chennai-36, India