Post Docs
Dr. Madhurima Sarkar
Ph.D., University of Calcutta
Duration: June 2019 - August 2022
Current Position: Scientific Affairs Associate, Hyloris Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Sejal Desai
Ph.D., Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Homi Bhabha National Institute)
Duration: April 2015 - November 2019
Current Position: Scientific Officer D. Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai.
PhDs
Dr. Vividha Raunekar (Ph.D., 2024)
M.Sc., Zoology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune.
Thesis title: Probing the crosstalk between metabolic plasticity and invasion plasticity in breast cancer cells.
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Biotechnology Department, Government Institute of Sciences, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India.
Dr. Tanusri Roy (Ph.D., 2024)
M.Sc., Molecular Biology and Biotechnology,Tezpur University, Assam.
Thesis title: Microenvironmental regulation of DNA damage and DNA repair in mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs)
Dr. Sarbajeet Dutta (Ph.D., 2024)
M.Tech., Biotechnology, IIT Guwahati.
Thesis title: Probing the role of MMP9 in cancer invasion.
Current Position: Post Doctoral fellow. Vanderbilt University. Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Dr. Asadullah (Ph.D., 2024)
M.Tech, Biomedical Engineering, Delhi University.
Thesis title: Implications of intra-tumor heterogeneity in Cancer Invasion
Current Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Medical Engineering (CSME), DMIHER (Deemed to be University) Wardha, Maharashtra,
India.
Dr. Iffat Jahan (Ph.D., 2021)
M.Tech, Biotechnology, IIT Guwahati
Thesis title: Bioactive hydrogels for wound healing application
Current Position: Associate Scientific Manager, Biocon Biologics, Bangalore
Dr. Amlan Barai (Ph.D., 2021)
MSc-Ph.D integrated , Biotechnology, IIT Bombay
Thesis title: Mechanoresponsive regulation of cancer invasion and radioresistance
M. Tech, Biomedical Engineering, MNIIT, Allahabad
Thesis title: Microenvironmental regulation of stem cells: from migration to differentiation.
Current Position: Post Doctoral fellow. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Dr. Abhishek Mukherjee (Ph.D., 2020)
M. Tech, Mechanical Engineering,
Thesis title: Modeling cancer mechanics across multiple length scales: from basic understanding to applications.
Current Position: Post Doctoral fellow. National Institutes of Health (NIH), MD, USA.
Dr. Lakshmi Kavitha Sthanam (Ph.D., 2018)
M.Sc., University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad AP
Thesis title: Biophysical Regulation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell fate and DNA damage.
Current Position: Post Doctoral fellow. MD Anderson, Texas, USA.
Dr. Alakesh Das (Ph.D., 2018)
M. Sc., Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Tezpur University, Assam
Thesis title: MMP-cytoskeletal crosstalk in cancer invasion.
Current Position: Post Doctoral fellow. Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
Dr. Edna George (Ph.D., 2017)
M. Tech, Nanomedical Science, Amrita Center for Nanoscience, Cochin, Kerala
Duration: Jan 2011 - June 2017
Thesis title: Microenvironmental regulation of cell spreading and motility.
Current Position: Associate Editor, JoVE.
Dr. Sandeep Kumar (Ph.D., 2017)
B. Tech, Computer Engineering Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh UP
Duration: July 2012 - April 2017
Thesis title: Microenvironmental regulation of cancer invasion and tumor heterogeneity: Insights from computational modeling
Current Position: Post Doctorate fellow, The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Dr. Aastha Kapoor (Ph.D., 2017)
M.Sc., Biotechnology
Duration: Jan 2011 - Mar 2017
Thesis title: Understanding mechanisms of invasion in drug-resistant ovarian cancer.
Current Position: Post Doctorate fellow, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia.
M.Tech./M.Sc./M.Phil.
Shivani Rai
Duration: July 2023 - May 2024
Project: Therapeutic targeting of glycocalyx in breast cancer.
Current Position: Bioinformatics engineer, Indx.ai., Mumbai
Gargi Mondal
Duration: July 2023 - May 2024
Project: CD44 Glycosylation in Cancer
Anirban Shit
Duration: July 2019 - May 2020
Project: MMPs in cancer invasion.
Soumili Sarkar
Duration: July 2019 - May 2020
Project: MMPs in cancer invasion.
Current Position: Ph. D. Student, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Harsimran Kaur
Duration: July 2019 - May 2020
Project: Computational modeling of cancer metabolism.
Current Position: Research Fellow, Cancer System's Biology laboratory, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
Sayan Roy
Duration: June 2019 - May 2020
Project: Tissue adhesives for wound healing
Current Position: Senior Engineer at TATA Elxsi
Aakash T Shaji
Duration: July 2018 - May 2019
Project: Cancer glycocalyx.
Current Position: Ph. D. Student, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Chaman Yadav
B.Sc. (Hons.) Zoology, Hindu College, University Of Delhi
Duration: July 2017 - May 2018
Project: Tissue adhesives.
Aksha Dhawan
B.Sc. (Hons.) Zoology, University Of Delhi
Duration: July 2017 - May 2018
Project: Cancer-associated glycoproteins.
Kritika Mehta
BSc. (honors) Biomedical Science, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi.
Duration: May 2016 - May 2017
Project: Computational modeling of cancer cell invasion.
Current Position: Ph. D. Student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA.
Sweta Kujur
B.sc Biotechnology St. Xavier's College, Ranchi.
Duration: June 2016 - May 2017.
Project: Hybrid hydrogel for tissue engineering.
Amrit Bagchi (M.Tech., 2016)
B.Pharm.(Hons.), BITS Pilani.
Duration: May 2015 - June 2016
Project:Chromatin modeling using Brownian dynamics.
Current Position: Ph. D. Student, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
Ketaki Sengupta (M.Sc., 2016)
B.Sc. Microbiology (Hons.),Calcutta University.
Duration: June 2015 - May 2016
Project: Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of alpha-actinin-4 in breast cancer.
Aradhana Bharati (M.Sc., 2015)
MSc. Project duration: April 2014 – May 2015
Current Position: PhD Student, The Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore.
Arka Ghosh (M.Sc., 2014)
MSc. Project duration: April 2013 – May 2014
Project:Probing the role of alpha-actinin in cancer invasion.
Current Position: Ph. D. Student, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata.
Project Students / Staff
Rahul Kulkarni
M.Tech, Computer Engineering, Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore.
Duration: Dec 2014-June 2015
Current Position:Ph. D. Student, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.
Athul M Sivan
BSMS 3rd Year Student (DST INSPIRE Fellow).Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata (Pursuing).
Duration: May 2015-June 2015.
Project: Computational modeling of EMT induced cell scattering
Anuj Rastogi
Junior Research Fellow.
Duration: Oct 2011-July 2013.
Project: Mechanobiological regulation of embryonic stem cell self-renewal and differentiation.
Current Position: PhD Student, Southern Illinois Medical School, Carbondale, Illinois.
Divya Ganapathi Sankaran
Project Intern
Duration: Jan 2013-June 2013
Project:Cancer cell migration on cell derived matrices.
Current Position: PhD Student, University of Colorado, Anchutz Medical Campus, Denver.