Former group members

Ph. D. Scholars

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)

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.

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: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, 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

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 Theeyancheri (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

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:

Yashit Verma (M.Sc, 2024)

Abhijit Bijay Jena (B.S.)

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:

Lena Prasannan, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (Summer Fellow, May 2024- July 2024)

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)