Protein Biophysics Lab

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Ph.D Scholars

Shilpi Laha

Shilpi Laha (UGC-JRF)

M.Sc., RKMVERI

Kolkata, India

Honors and Awards >>

1. Women Leading IITM, India (2026)

Saloni Goyal

Saloni Goyal (HTRA)

B.Tech, Thapar University

Patiala, India

Honors and Awards >>

1. Institute Research Award, IIT Madras, India (2026)

Mayukh Chatterjee

Mayukh Chatterjee (PMRF)

M.Sc., Presidency University

Kolkata, India

Sharad J S

Sharad J S (HTRA)

M.S.(R), IIT Delhi

Delhi, India

Soham Ray Chaudhuri

Soham Ray Chaudhuri (HTRA)

M.Tech, NIT Rourkela

Rourkela, India

Nivedhita S

Nivedhita S (HTRA)

M.Tech., MAKAUT

West Bengal, India

Riddhi Chakraborty

Riddhi Chakraborty (HTRA)

M.Sc., SPPU

Pune, India

Krithika R

Krithika R (HTRA)

M.Tech (Integrated), SASTRA University

Thanjavur, India

Jyotsna Raja

Jyotsna Raja (HTRA)

B.Tech, NIT Calicut

Kozhikode, India

Former Ph.D Students

Dhruv Kumar Chaurasiya

Dhruv Kumar Chaurasiya

Thesis: Protein Dynamics and Allostery: An Ensemble View on Sequence Variation

Ph.D. (2021–2026)

Lawanya Natarajan

Lawanya Natarajan

Thesis: Sequestration Mechanisms in MerR Family Antibiotic Binding Proteins

Ph.D. (2019–2025)

Honors and Awards >>

1. Best Thesis Award, IIT Madras (2025)

2. Institute Research Award, IIT Madras (2024)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

Adithi K

Adithi K

Thesis: Exploring the Connection between Intra-Protein Coupling Free Energies and Native Ensemble Dynamics

Ph.D. (2018–2024)

Honors and Awards >>

1. Keshav-Rangnath Award, IIT Madras (2023–24)

Kabita Bhattacharjee

Kabita Bhattacharjee

Thesis: A Perturb-Probe Method to Explore Signal Propagation in Proteins

Ph.D. (2016–2024)

Current Position: Assistant Manager, ShasunMed Life-Sciences R&D, India

Bincy Lukose

Bincy Lukose

Thesis: Molecular Determinants of Self-Assembly & Hetero-Oligomerization in the Thermo-Osmo-Regulatory Protein H-NS

Ph.D. (2018–2024)

Honors and Awards >>

1. Best Thesis Award, IIT Madras (2024)

2. Women Leading IITM (2023)

Current Position: Assistant Manager, Pfizer, Chennai

Rahul Dani

Rahul Dani

Thesis: Conformational Determinants that Shape Differential Functionality in Paralogous Proteins

Ph.D. (2017–2024)

Current Position: Senior Scientist, Enzene Biosciences R&D, India

Divya Rajendran

Divya Rajendran

Thesis: Switching the Conformational Features of DNA Binding Domains from the LacI Family of Repressors

Ph.D. (2016–2024)

Honors and Awards >>

1. Women Leading IITM (2022)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, TIFR Mumbai

Hemashree Golla

Hemashree Golla

Thesis: Role of Surface Electrostatics in Determining Protein Folding and Conformational Behaviours

Ph.D. (2016–2022)

Honors and Awards >>

1. Women Leading IITM (2022)

Current Position: Principal Scientist, Biocon Limited, India

Soundara Rajan G

Soundara Rajan G

Thesis: Elucidating Protein Folding and Binding Mechanisms by Phase Space Reduction

Ph.D. (2014–2020)

Honors and Awards >>

1. Best Thesis Award, IIT Madras, India (2021)

2. Institute Research Award, IIT Madras, India (2018)

Current Position: Research Associate, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Sneha Munshi

Sneha Munshi

Thesis: Understanding Sequence-Disorder-Function Relationships in a DNA Binding Protein

Ph.D. (2013–2019)

Honors and Awards >>

1. Best Thesis Award, IIT Madras, India (2020)

2. Appreciation from Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards (BIRAC-GYTI, 2019)

3. Institute Research Award, IIT Madras, India (2018)

Current Position: Process Development Scientist, BIOVECTRA, Canada

Abhishek Narayan

Abhishek Narayan

Thesis: Understanding the Design Principles of a Protein Nano-sensor

Ph.D. (2012–2018)

Honors and Awards >>

1. Best Thesis Award, IIT Madras, India (2018)

2. Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award under Cutting Edge Innovation category (BIRAC-GYTI, 2018)

3. Financial Assistance under SERB International Travel Support Scheme

4. Institute Research Award, IIT Madras, India (2017 & 2018)

Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta, Canada

Former Research Assistants and Research Scientists

Dr. Divakar K

INSA Research Fellow (2017)

Sandhyaa Subramanian

Junior Research Fellow (2016–2017)

Dr. Sebastian Raja

Post Doctoral Fellow (2014-2016)

M. Tech Students

  1. Jinsha Shereef
  2. Sanika Taru
  3. Aditya Kokate
  4. Akash Chakraborty
  5. Chandrika Sarkar
  6. Hrithik Baradia
  7. Aarsha A
  8. Vasantha Kumar G
  9. Sonal A
  10. Aneesa M H
  11. Deepanjali K
  12. Debosmita B

Project Students

  1. R Karthik
  2. Harshavardhan M
  3. Ananya K Ajay
  4. Sidharth Balaji S
  5. Arin Moghe
  6. Abarna M
  7. Uvarani M
  8. Priyadharshini S
  9. Aadit Mahajan
  10. M K Mohana Priya
  11. Lavanya R
  12. Prahalaad VV
  13. Madhumitha S
  14. Rupanjoli M
  15. Ashwin George M
  16. Raja Rajeshwari SP
  17. Logeshwar K M
  18. Harshita Ojha
  19. Sathvik A
  20. Akashnathan A
  21. Abhijeet Sinha
  22. Rekha Suresh
  23. Sunanda S
  24. Divya Vijayabalan
  25. Shreyansh Umale
  26. Aaditiya V
  27. Devanshu
  28. Ashok Dhaharwal
  29. Nanda Kumar
  30. Bhavana Martha
  31. Shubham Sehrawet
  32. Samyuktha Ramesh
  33. Swaathiratna Suresh
  34. Praveen Krishna
  35. Nitish Kumar Singh
  36. Krithika Ravindran
  37. Jayaseelan
  38. Aparna Srinivasan

Summer Trainees

  1. Naga Keerthana T
  2. Navaneeth KN
  3. Vani Padmakumar
  4. Janani Rajendran
  5. Varsha G
  6. Varsha MN
  7. Shweta Das
  8. Meagha Ramana Kumar
  9. Sreenath Srikrishnan
  10. Shreyansh Umale
  11. Gayathri Govindarajan
  12. Harshith S
  13. Rohith Sivakumar
  14. Srinivasan Sivanandan
  15. Hari Shankar
  16. Arpita Ghosh
  17. Pooja Sethiya
  18. Karthigayini