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Dr. Asha Rani Choudhury (May 2024 -)
Institute post-doctoral fellow
Ph. D. (2018-2024), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
M.Sc. Chemistry, Berhampur University (2015-2017)
Email: ashachoudhury95@gmail.com
Research Topic: Simulations of stapled peptide-protein interactions
Current group members
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Dr. Rajiblochan Sahoo (April 2024 -)
Institute post-doctoral fellow
Ph. D. (2018-2024), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
M. Sc. ISM IIT Dhanbad (2015-2017)
Email: rajiblochansahoo413@gmail.com
Research Topic: Dynamics of active agents in crowded and confined environments
Dr. Piyali Mukherjee (October 2023 -)
Institute post-doctoral fellow
Ph. D. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata)
Email: piyalijuchem2009@gmail.com
Research Topic: Peptide aggregation
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Ramanand Singh Yadav (2020 -)
Ph. D. scholar (SRF), Institute Fellow
M. Sc. Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University (2017-2019)
Email: yadavramanand550@gmail.com
Research Topic: Active Polymer Dynamics in Crowded media
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Pooja Nanavare (2021 -)
Ph. D. scholar (SRF), UGC Fellow
M. Sc. Chemistry, University of Mumbai
(2016-2018)
Email: 96pooja9feb@gmail.com
Research Topic: Small molecule-protein interaction; macromolecular dynamics
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Rupesh Kumar (2021 -)
Ph. D. scholar (SRF), Prime Minister's Research Fellow
M. Tech, IIT Guwahati and Gifu University, Japan
CRNTS, Guide: Rochish Thaokar
Co-Guide: Rajarshi Chakrabarti
Email: rupeshkumar15rs@gmail.com
Research Topic: Electrohydrodynamics
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Arvind (2022 -)
Ph. D. scholar (JRF), Institute Fellow
M. Sc. Chemistry, IIT Jodhpur (2018-2020)
B. Sc Kurukshetra University (2015-2018)
Email: 214030021@iitb.ac.in
Research Topic: Physics of Chromatin and Activity driven dynamics
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Vikram Gaikwad (2022 -)
Ph. D. scholar (JRF), Prime Minister's Research Fellow
M. Sc. Chemistry, University of Pune
Email: vikramgaikwad821@gmail.com
Research Topic: Stapled peptide-protein
interaction
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