Alumni





Aneesh Chandran N A
Ph. D. Scholar (CSIR-UGC)
M. Sc. (Biochemistry), M.G. University, Kerala
Research Topic: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Green Solvents: Ionic liquids and Supercritical Carbon Dioxide.
Current-Affiliation:Assistant Professor, Department of biotechnology, Kannur University
Email: aneeshcna@gmail.com





Shankha Banerjee
Ph. D. Scholar
M. Sc. (Chemistry), IIT Madras
Research Topic: Synthesis, characterization and biological assay of active pharmaceutical Ingredient-based ionic-liquids.
Current-Affiliation:Post-Doctoral Fellow, TIFR, Mumbai
Email: shankhabanerjee2012@gmail.com






Khushnuma Asghar
Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow
PhD- Materials Engineering, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Research Topic:Nanomaterial based drug delivery systems.
Current-Affiliation:R&D Scientist at RNZ agrotech industries Ltd, Abu Dhabi.
Email: khushnumaamu@gmail.com





Mrudhuula M
Ph. D. Scholar
M.Sc (Biotechnology), Vellore Institute of Technology
Research Topic:Protein stability and function in ionic liquids..
Email: mrudhuula@smail.iitm.ac.in





Kathiresan. N
Ph. D. Scholar (CSIR-UGC)
M. Sc. (Zoology), Madurai Kamaraj University, TN.
Research Topic: Protein engineering of lysozyme for thermal stability.
Current-Affiliation:Scientist C, RGCB
Email: biotechkathir@gmail.com





Dhilip Kumar
Ph. D. Scholar
M. Tech. (Chem. Eng.), IISc. Bangalore
Research Topic: Protein Folding and Protein Engineering.
Email: dhilipmaths123@gmail.com





T. P. Karthigeyan
Junior Research Fellow
B .E. (Comp Sc. & Eng.), Muthayammal Engineering college, TN
Research Topic: Parallel Programming and Software Development.
Current-Affiliation: Senior technical officer, BOSCH
Email: karthigeyantp@gamil.com





Jagan Mohan O
Junior Research Fellow
B. Tech. (Bioinformatics), Vellore Institute of Technology University
Research Topic: Simulation Studies of the Interaction of membrane proteins and Lipid bilayers.
Email: o.jagan@gmail.com





M. Karthik
Junior Research Fellow
M. Tech. (Biotechnology), Vellore Institute of Technology University
Research Topic: Designing and testing of lead molecules for inhibition of HIV-Protease .
Email: mr.karthik57@gmail.com





F. George
Research Associate
Ph.D. Department of Chemistry, IITM
Research Topic: Molecular reaction dynamics, Abinitio computation.
Email: george.iitm@gmail.com





Soumya Lipsa Rath
Ph. D. Scholar
B.Tech. (Biotechnology), IASE Deemed University, Rajasthan.
Research Topic: Exploring the basis of differential binding of inhibitors to active and inactive Cyclin Dependent Kinases.
Current-Affiliation:Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, NIT Warangal, India
Email: soumyalipsa@gmail.com





Revathi S.
M.S. Scholar
B.Tech. (Biotechnology), Anna University, Chennai.
Research Topic: Unravelling the mechanism of CETP inhibition through molecular dynamics simulations.
Email: bt12s020@smail.iitm.ac.in





Sujata Chakraborty
Project Assistant
M.Sc. (Chemistry), IIT Madras, Chennai.
Research Topic: To study the folding kinetics of protein in Ionic liquid and binary water mixture.
Email: csujata1@gmail.com





Dibbendu Ghosh
M.Sc. Project Internship
B.Sc. (Chemistry Hons), University of Calcutta, Kolkata.
Research Topic: Exploring Molecular Basis of Dissolution of Nucleobases and CO2 in Green Solvents.
Current-Affiliation:Component research scientist at Intel Corporation
Email: dibbendughosh90@gmail.com





Kaushik Kundu
Research Associate
PhD, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Research Topic: Formulation and Characterization of Ionic Liquid based Self-assembled Systems.
Current-Affiliation:R&D Scientist, MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions
Email: kaushik.isi@gmail.com





Debostuti Ghoshdastidar
Ph. D. Scholar
M.Sc. (Biochemistry), Bangalore University, Bangalore
Research Topic: Molecular dance of DNA with ionic liquids.
Current-Affiliation:PDB-India, IISC, Bangalore
Email: bt10d015@smail.iitm.ac.in





Rajeswari A
Ph. D. Scholar
M.Sc. (Biotechnology), Alagappa University, Tamilnadu
Research Topic: Molecular dynamics of HIV-1 protease and rational drug designing.
Email: bt10d006@smail.iitm.ac.in





Venkat Reddy Chirasani
Ph. D. Scholar
M.Tech. (Bioinformatics)., University of Hyderabad, AP.
Research Topic: Exploring the lipid transfer mechanism by CETP between HDL and LDL using all-atom and coarse-grained simulations.
Current-Affiliation:Postdoc, UNC-Chapel Hill
Email: bt12d026@smail.iitm.ac.in





Akhil Pratap Singh
Ph. D. Scholar
M.Sc. (Chemistry)., Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University (Formerly Agra University), Agra, Uttar Pradesh.
Research Topic: A comprehensive study of biocompatible ionic liquids for improved stability of biomolecules.
Email: akhilpratap87@gmail.com





Prasanna D R
Ph. D. Scholar (QIP)
M.Tech (Bioinformatics), SASTRA University, Thanjavur, TN.
Research Topic:Comparative analysis on structural and functional properties of lipid carrying proteins using MD simulations.
Email: bt14d031@smail.iitm.ac.in





Sneha Dixit
MS Scholar
B.tech(Biotechnology), Sinhgad College of Engineering ,Pune
Research Topic: Study of lipid transfer mechanism of CETP using all-atomistic and coarse-grain simulation approach.
Current-Affiliation:PhD researcher, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
Email: bt12d026@smail.iitm.ac.in





Padma Sridevi J
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph. D. (Pharmacy), Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences Pilani (BITS), Hyderabad.
Research Topic:Mutagenesis Studies of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein - An Intriguing Potential Target for Hypercholesterolemia.
Email: padma.sridevi.j@gmail.com





Manivel P
National Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. (Bioinformatics), Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.
Research Topic:Understanding the structural basis of allosteric regulations in wild and mutant forms of HIV-1 protease and Identification of novel leads to act as allosteric regulators of HIV-1 protease.
Email: p.manivel20387@gmail.com





Manju Kumari
National Post Doctoral Fellow
PDF (Computational Biology), Masaryk University, Czech Republic, Ph. D. (Computational biology), IIT Bombay
Research Topic:Role of Glycosylation in Prion Proteins.
Email: bt16wpf2@smail.iitm.ac.in





Md. Homaidur Rahman
Ph. D. Scholar
M.Tech. (Biotechnology)., NIT Rourkela, Odhisa.
Research Topic: Molecular mechanism of protein re-naturation in Ionic liquids: A Molecular Dynamics study.
Current-Affiliation:Post Doc University of California-Riverside
Email: rahmanmh2010@gmail.com





Mohd. Ahsan
Ph. D. Scholar
M. Pharma. (Pharmaceutical chemistry), Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi.
Research Topic:Designing and synthesis of irreversible HIV protease inhibitors.
Current-Affiliation:Postdoc Researcher, Department of bioengineering, University of California Riverside
Email: bt13d045@smail.iitm.ac.in





Suchetana Gupta
Ph. D. Scholar
M.Sc. (Biotechnology), Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
Research Topic:Molecular dynamics study of HIV-1 Protease and to identify potential drug targets.
Current-Affiliation:Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oregon
Email: bt13d072@smail.iitm.ac.in





Chinmai P
Ph. D. Scholar
M.S. (Pharm) (Pharmacoinformatics), NIPER, Hajipur, Bihar
Research Topic:Exploring the structural and fucntional proteins of Zika and Dengue virus through CG and atomistic simulations.
Current-Affiliation:PostDoc, Palermo Lab, University of California Riverside
Email: bt15d302@smail.iitm.ac.in





Soumik Bardhan
CSIR Research Associate
Ph.D. University of North Bengal, SERB-NPDF (IIT Madras)
Research Topic:Enhanced stability and extraction of protein in ionic liquid/water binary mixture by nanoconfinement.
Current-Affiliation:Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Email: souminbardhan@gmail.com





Sangeetha B
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D. (Bioinformatics), Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.
Research Topic:Molecular dynamics simulations of viral proteins and nucleic acids.
Current-Affiliation:Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore
Email: bt16ipf06@smail.iitm.ac.in