Post doctorals

Dr. Shimul Salot
Present status: Lead, R&D, Biochemistry Kits. Biosense Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
e-mail id: sshimul10@yahoo.com

Dr. Nitu Singh
Present status: DBT- Research Associate at Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad
e-mail id: nitusingh@iitb.ac.in

Dr. Siddhartha Maiti
Present status: Assistant Professor at VIT Bhopal
e-mail id: sid.maiti@gmail.com

Dr. Shrabanti Das
e-mail id: shrabanti13@gmail.com

Dr. Namrata Singh   
Present Status: Research Scientist at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals

email ID: namratasingh819@gmail.com

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Dr. Shinjinee Dasgupta (shinjinee@iitb.ac.in) |    
Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance Early Career Fellow
Assistant Prof. Amity University, Noida, Delhi

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Dr. Satyaprakash Pandey
Present Status: Junior Scientist at Tata Medicals and Diagnostics

email ID: satya.22j@gmail.com

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Dr.Purna B. Chetri

email ID: purnachetri2010@gmail.com

PhD students

Dr. Pradeep Kumar Singh, PhD 2014.
Thesis Title: “Study of Protein/Peptide Aggregation Associated with Disease and Native Functions”.
Present status: Post doctoral researcher at The Rockefeller University, New York, USA.
e-mail ID: pradeepmbbt@gmail.com
Awarded with Institute’s Award for Excellence in PhD

Dr. A. Anoop, PhD 2015.
Thesis Title: “Protein aggregation and its implication on secretory granule biogenesis”.
Present status: Post doctoral researcher at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
e-mail ID: aanoop86@gmail.com

Dr. Reeba Susan Jacob, PhD 2015
Thesis Title: “Amyloids: From Functions to Applications”
Present status: Senior scientist at Department of Biological Regulation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
e-mail ID: reebajacobiitb@gmail.com
Awarded with Dr. Gargi Vishnoi Memorial Best Ph.D. Thesis Award

Dr. Dhiman Ghosh, PhD 2016.
Thesis Title: “Modulation of alpha synuclein aggregation and amyloid formation associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD)”.
Present status: Post doctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
e-mail ID: dhiman0081@gmail.com
Awarded with Institute’s Award for Excellence in PhD

Dr. Shruti Sahay, PhD 2016
Thesis Title: “Probing Site-Specific Conformational Differences In α-Synuclein And its Parkinson’s Disease Associated Mutants”
Present status: Senior Scientist at Just-Evotec Biologics, mos Redmond, Washington, USA
e-mail ID: shrutisahay26.11@gmail.com
Awarded with Institute’s Award for Excellence in PhD

Dr. Narendra Nath Jha, PhD 2017
Thesis title: “In Vitro modulation of peptide/protein aggregation associated with functions and diseases.”
Present status: Post doctoral Research Scientist at Columbia University, New York, USA.
e-mail ID: nnjha16@iitb.ac.in
Awarded with Institute’s Award for Excellence in PhD

Dr. Subhadeep Das, PhD 2017 (IITB Monash Research Academy)
Awarded with Prime Minister’s Fellowship for Doctoral Research
Thesis title:”Engineering Amyloid Fibrils for Nanotechnology and Neuronal Cell Regeneration”
Present Status: CEO and Founder, Convalesce Inc., San Francisco, USA.
e-mail ID: subhadpdas@gmail.com
Awarded with Best Thesis Award, Institute’s Award for Excellence in Ph.D. 

Dr. Ganesh M Mohite, PhD 2018
Thesis Title: In vitro and in vivo study on α-synuclein familial mutants associated with Parkinson’s disease
Present Status: Post Doctoral Research Scientist at Linköping University, Sweden.
e-mail ID: gmmohite@gmail.com
Awarded with Institute’s Award for Excellence in Ph.D.

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Dr. Rakesh Kumar, PhD 2019
Thesis Title: The study of α-synuclein associated with Parkinson’s disease and development of novel metal catalyst
Present Status: Post Doctoral Research Scientist at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
e-mail ID: rakeshbindkumar1989@gmail.com
Awarded with Institute’s Award for Excellence in Ph.D.

Dr. Soumik Ray, PhD 2021
Thesis Title: α-Synuclein aggregation in Parkinson’s disease, Role of liquid-liquid phase separation and membrane binding
Present Status: Post Doctoral Research Scientist at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU),  Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
e-mail ID: 154300006@iitb.ac.in

Dr. Surabhi Mehra, PhD 2020   
Thesis Title: Structural and Functional Insights into α-Synuclein Fibril Polymorphism: Implications in Synucleinopathies
Present Status: Postdoctoral Research Scientist at Tanz CRND, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
e-mail ID: surabhimehra0291@gmail.com

Dr. Ambuja Navalkar, PhD 2021
Thesis Title: p53 amyloid formation: implications in cancer pathogenesis  
Present status: Postdoctoral Research associate, St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, Tennessee, USA

e-mail ID: ambuja1011@gmail.com   

Dr. Debdeep Chaterjee PhD 2021
Thesis Title: Aggregation of growth hormone and prolactin associated with secretory granule biogenesis  
Present status: Postdoctoral Research associate, DZNE, Gottingen, Germany

e-mail ID: dchat924u@gmail.com


MPhil Students

Saikat Ghosh, MPhil 2016.
Thesis Title: “Role of p53 aggregation and amyloid formation in cancer”.
Present status: Executive Officer (QC-Biosimilars), Serum Institute of India.

Ph.D. Student at Australian Institute for Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, University of Queensland, Australia.
e-mail id: saikatghosh0001@gmail.com


Masters Students

Abhimanyu Ray
M.Sc. IIT Bombay, 2023
Krishna Samatia
M.Sc. IIT Bombay, 2023
Abhishek Goswami
M.Sc. IIT Bombay, 2022
Shreya Chakraborthy
M.Sc. IIT Bombay, 2022
Preeti Yadav
M.Sc. IIT Bombay, 2021
Abhishek Shaw
M.Sc. IIT Bombay, 2020
Sagar Jaikar
M.Sc. IIT Bombay, 2020
Papiya Banik
M.Sc. IIT Bombay, 2019
Karan Sharma
M.Sc. IIT Bombay, 2020
Rahul Paramjeet M.Tech, IIT Bombay 2020
Sneha Kirti
MTech. IIT Bombay, 2017
Pratap Singh Markam
MTech, IIT Bombay, 2017

Shankha Ghosh
M.Sc, IIT Bombay 2017
Sugandha Narayan
M.Sc, IIT Bombay 2017
Kazi Atikur Rahman
M.Sc, IIT Bombay 2017
Nandan J
M.Sc. IIT Bombay, 2016
Saroj Rout
MSc, IIT Bombay, 2015
Arindam Ghosh
M.Sc. IIT Bombay 2015

Reena Gautam, Mtech NIT Suratkal, 2015.  Secretory granule biogenesis.

Sanjay P Mondal, MSc IIT Bombay, 2014; α-syn oligomerization using cross-linking.Present status: PhD at IISc, Bangalore, India.

Riddhi Deshmukh, MSc IIT Bombay, 2014 (Co-PI Prof. Santanu Ghosh); p53 aggregation. Present status: PhD at NCBS, Bangalore, India.

Danish Umar, MSc IIT Bombay, 2014; Structure-function relation of amyloid in secretory granule.Present status: PhD at NII, New Delhi.

Santosh Rajan, Mtech NIT Suratkal, 2013; Purification of human p53 and its aggregation.Present status: PhD at IIT Madras, TamilNadu, India.

Kanchana Pandian, MSc University of Madras, 2013; Study of SG biogenesis using protein hormone.

Amresh Kumar, MSc IIT Bombay, 2013; Secretory granule biogenesis.

Sandeep Kumar, MSc IIT Bombay, 2013 (Co-PI Prof. Shamik Sen) ; Role of Heparin in amyloid formation.

Tarun K Rai, MSc IIT Bombay, 2012; Mechanism of amyloid formationPresent status: PhD at NII, New-Delhi. India.

Kushal Das, MSc IIT Bombay, 2012 (Co-PI Prof. Shamik Sen) ; Amyloid fibrils by α-Syn and its mutantsPresent status: PhD at Max Planck, Germany.

Bhagwan Das Dhaked MSc IIT Bombay, 2012 (Co-PI Prof. Ranjith Padinhateeri); Computational and in vitro studies of amyloid fibrils

Vasudha Kotia, MSc IIT Bombay, 2011; α-Syn aggregationPresent status: PhD at IIT Bombay with Prof. Santosh Norhona

Vijay Kumar Gupta, MSc IIT Bombay, 2011; Secretory granules with PRL

Amrita Singh, MSc. IIT Bombay, 2010 (Co-PI Prof. Dulal Panda); Phosphorylation & Glycation of TauPresent status: PhD at IISc Bangalore, India.


Project students

Dipti Sugandh

Princy Parsana

Niyanta Gupta

Shruti Mankar

Ashwani Kumar

Paulami Dutta

Nilesh Kumar

Neha Ruhela

Mrityunjay Mondal

Satyaki Sen

Sravya Paluri

Kimberley John

Sanjana Murali