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Former group members

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Ph. D. students

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Dr. Soumadwip Ghosh (Ph. D. 2011 - 2017)

B. Sc, Chemistry, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata (2006-2009)

M. Sc, Indian School of Mines Dhanbad (2009-2011)

Email: soumadwipghosh@gmail.com

Thesis title: Investigating the Dynamics of Biomacromolecules in presence of excess salt, ionic liquids and carbon nanostructures

Recipient of IIT Bombay excellence in PhD thesis award in Chemistry, 2018.

Current position: Senior Scientist, Enlaza Therapeutics, San Diego, California, USA.

Earlier: Post Doctoral Research Associate, City of Hope, USA.

Dr. Nairhita Samanta (Ph. D. 2013 - 2018)

B. Sc, Chemistry, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata

(2007-2010)

M. Sc, University of Calcutta

(2010-2012)

Email: nsamanta07@gmail.com

Thesis title: Insights on passive and active

dynamics of polymer and colloidal suspensions

Recipient of IIT Bombay excellence in PhD thesis award in Chemistry, 2020.

Current position: Associate Manager - Data Science, San Francisco, USA.

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Dr. Kailasham Ramalingam (PhD, 2016 - 2021)

In collaboration with Prof. Ravi Jagadeeshan (Monash)

B. Tech, Chemical Engineering, SV NIT Surat  (2009-2013)

M. SE,  Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2013-2015)

Email: kailasham29@gmail.com 

Thesis title:  The Influence of Internal Friction on Dilute Polymer Solution Dynamics

Current position: Post Doctoral Research Associate, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

incoming faculty at Indian Institute of Technology Indore.

Dr. Soham Sarkar (PhD, 2016 - 2021)

B. Sc, Chemistry, Thakurpukur Vivekananda College, Kolkata (2011-2014)

M. Sc, Chemistry, Indian School of Mines Dhanbad (2014-2016)

Email: soham9038@gmail.com 

Thesis title:  Computational Investigations of the Effect of Co-solvents and Ions on the Structure and Dynamics of Water and Biomolecules

Current position: Post Doctoral Research Associate, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany

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Dr. Subhasish Chaki (PhD, 2016 - 2021)

B. Sc,  Physics, Victoria College Coochbihar West Bengal (2009-2012)

M. Sc, JNU Delhi, Physical Sciences (2012-2014)

Email: subhasischaki@gmail.com 

Thesis title  Understanding the Activity-Driven Dynamics of Single Colloid and Single Polymer Chain

Current position: Humboldt Fellow, Institut für Theoretische Physik II - Soft Matter, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany

Earlier: Post Doctoral fellow, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA

Dr. Praveen Kumar (PhD, 2017 - 2023)

M. Sc Chemistry, NIT Jalandhar (2015-2017)

Email: kumarpk10594@gmail.com

Thesis title: Understanding the Dynamics of Active and Passive Probe Particles in Complex Environments using Computer Simulations

Current position: Post-doc fellow at the

Department of Physics, Northeastern University, USA

Dr. Ligesh T  (PhD, 2018 - 2023)

M. Sc. Chemistry, Central University of Rajasthan (2014-2016)

Email: ligeshbhaskar@gmail.com

Thesis title: Dynamics and Conformations of Active Agents in Complex Media: From Janus Particles to Linear Chains and Rings

Current position: Post-doc fellow at the Department of Physics, Syracuse University, USA

Post-doctoral fellows

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Dr. Koushik Goswami (December, 2020- February, 2022)

Institute Post Doctoral Research Associate

Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur, West Bengal

(2007-2010)

M. Sc, IIT Kharagpur

(2010-2012)

Email: goswamikoushik10@gmail.com

Ph. D., Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Advisor: K. L. Sebastian

Thesis title: Non-equilibrium dynamics and thermodynamics of some single-particle active diffusive systems.

Research Topic: Time-dependent Statistical mechanical models for single molecule transport in crowded medium.

Current position: Post Doctoral Research Associate, University of Potsdam, Germany

Dr. Atanu Maity (July, 2018-July 2021)

Institute Post Doctoral Research Associate

B. Sc, Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya, Tamluk, West Bengal (2006-2009)

M. Sc, Vidyasagar University 

(2010-2012)

Email: atanuchem48@gmail.com

Ph. D., Bose Institute, Kolkata

Advisor: Shubhra Ghosh Dastidar

Thesis title: Flexibility and conformation modulations of proteins correlating apoptosis:

molecular dynamics simulations of Bcl-2 family proteins.

Research Topic: Protein-co-solvent dynamics, peptide-protein interactions.

Current Position: Project Scientist, IIT Kharagpur

  M. Sc/B. S students:

  • Sanaa Sharma (B.S.)

  • Himanshu Kumar (M.Sc, 2023)

  • Chintu Das (M.Sc, 2022)

  • Anish Shivamani (B.S.)

  • Kailash Sahu (M.Sc, 2021)

  • Ravindra Rajpoot (M.Sc, 2020)

  • Mahesh Kumar (M.Sc, 2019)

  • Subhajit Barman (M. Sc, 2019)

  • Valay Agarawal (B. S.)

  • Riddhi Ashok Jain (M. Sc, 2018)

 

  • Prasenjit Das (M. Sc, 2018) (2 Year M. Sc, 2016-18, now: PhD student, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)

 

  • Pradeep Billas (M. Sc, 2018)

 

  • Naveen Kumar (2 Year M. Sc, 2017-18)

 

  • Disha Gupta (5 Year Int. M. Sc, 2017-18)

 

  • Vijay Meena (2 Year M. Sc, 2015-16)

 

  • Yash Patel (5 Year Int. M. Sc, 2015-16)

 

  • Tarun Jhunjhunwala (5 Year Int. M. Sc, 2015-16)

 

  • Jayanta Ghosh (2 Year M. Sc, 2013-14, now: Ph. D. from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, now Postdoctoral Scholar at Universität Kassel)

 

  • Himanshu Dixit (5 Year Int. M. Sc, 2013-14)

 

  • Nisheet Patel (5 Year Int. M. Sc, 2014-15, now:  Ph. D. student, University of Geneva)

 

  • Shobhit Srivastava (5 Year Int. M. Sc, 2014-15)

 

  • Rahul Biswas (2 Year M. Sc, 2014-15)

 

  • Bibhab Bandhu Majumdar (M.Sc, 2013-14, now: Post Doc, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata)

 

 

Project Assistants:

  • Minal (Project JRF, June 2023-December 2023)

  • Bikramaditya Das (Project JRF,  August 2022 - April 2023)

  • Vikram Gaikwad (Project JRF,  September 2021 - July 2022, now: PhD student, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)

  • Sayantani Chakraborty (Project JRF,  February 2021 - August 2021, now: PhD student, University of Texas at El Paso, USA)

  • Sk Mujaffar Hussain (Project Research Assistant, February 2016- April 2016, now: PhD student, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune)

  • Shruti Shriram Jeurkar (Project Research Assistant, September 2015- January 2016, now: PhD student, Indian Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad)

  • Manuja Kothiyal (Project Research Assistant, July 2015- September 2015)

 

Summer/Winter Students:

 

  • Rohit Raj, Indian Institute of Science,, Bengaluru (NIUS Summer Student, 2020)

  • Santosh Kumari, Centra University of Rajasthan (IAS Summer Fellow, 2020)

  • Divy Gupta, NISER (Inspire Summer Fellow, May 2019 - July 2019)

  • Shashank Krishna, Bharatidashan University (NIUS Summer Student, June 2019 - July 2019)

  • Anirudh C S, MES College, Bangalore (IAS Summer Fellow, June 2018 - August 2018)

 

  • Ajesh Saviour Paravila, NIT Rourkela (NIUS Summer Student, May 2018 - July 2018, December 2018)

 

  • Chinmaya Kumar Jena, NISER (IAS Summer Fellow, May 2018 - June 2018)

 

  • Arya Karumanthra, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (Inspire Winter Fellow, December 2017 - January 2018)

 

  • Gaurav Mitra, IIT Kanpur (IAS Summer Fellow, May 2017 - July 2017)

 

  • Aditya Sarma Phukon, University of Hyderabad (NIUS Summer Student, June 2017 - July 2017, November 2017 - December 2017, June 2018 - July 2018)

 

  • Anand C P, Madras Christian College (NIUS Winter/Summer Student, May - July 2016, December 2016 - January 2017, May -June 2017)

 

  • Mousumi Baruah, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong (Inspire Winter Fellow, December 2016 - January 2017)

 

  • Souvik Dey, Vishya Bharati (Inspire Summer Fellow, May-July 2016)

 

  • Mahendra Patel, IISER Pune (Inspire Summer Fellow, May-July 2016)

 

  • Arindam Debnath, St. Stephen's, New Delhi (IAS Summer Fellow, May-July 2016)

 

  • Manjunath G J, RIE (NCERT), Mysore (IAS Summer Fellow, May-July 2013)

 

  • Prachi Sharma, NISER (Inspire Summer Fellow, May-July 2013, now: PhD student, University of Minnesota)

 

  • Punit Kumar Jha, NISER (Inspire Summer Fellow, May-July 2014, now: PhD student, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)

 

  • Tousif Islam, IISER Kolkata (Inspire Summer Fellow, May-July 2015)

 

  • Rohit Goswami, HBTI Kanpur (May-July 2015)

 

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