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Sandeep Kumar Kalva, Ph.D.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering (BSBE), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail:<\/strong> sandeep.kalva[at]iitb.ac.in  |  Office:<\/strong> 022 2159 6668
Google Scholar<\/a>  \u00b7  ResearchGate<\/a>  \u00b7  LinkedIn<\/a>  \u00b7  Researcher ID: AAH-1531-2019<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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2024 \u2013 present: Assistant Professor, BSBE, IIT Bombay
2019 \u2013 2024: Postdoctoral fellow, University of Zurich & ETH Zurich, Switzerland\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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2015 \u2013 2019: Ph.D. (Biomedical Engineering), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2013 \u2013 2015: M.Tech (Biomedical Engineering), IIT Hyderabad, India
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Sanskriti Kadam (Intern, 2024) \u00b7 Tanmayee Naik (Intern, 2024) \u00b7 Yash Pandit (Intern, 2024) \u00b7 Anisha Dambe (IRCC Intern, 2025) \u00b7 Yash Thakre (Intern, 2025) \u00b7 Milu Mariam K (Intern, 2025) \u00b7 Nandita Kadkol (Intern, 2025) \u00b7 Mihika Rungta (Intern, 2025) \u00b7 Abhishek Ranjan (Postdoc, 2025\u201326) \u00b7 Swapnil Anand (MSc, 2025\u201326) \u00b7 Samyuktha Anand (Intern, 2026) \u00b7 Govind Sajeev (MTech, 2025-26) \u00b7 Nilanjan Chowdhury (IRCC Intern, 2026) \u00b7 Nahan C K (Intern, 2026) \u00b7\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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