Instructors

Conceptualization

Sutirth Dey, Professor

Sutirth Dey is a Professor at the Biology Department of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune. He works in the field of Ecology and Evolution. He has been associated with various outreach programs since 2007. To know more about his research and other teaching activities, please click on the respective links.

Instruction (Theory and Hands-on)

Poornima Raveendran, Sr Teaching Associate

Poornima Raveendran completed her education (M.Sc.,B.Ed) from SPPU, Pune. Prior to this project, she taught at Abasaheb Garware college and later on undergraduate Biology lab at IISER Pune (2013-2019). Poornima has been a mentor for the IISER-Pune iGEM 2019 team, an invited speaker at After iGEM ATGC and iGEM Indian league Synthetase. She has actively been a part of various lab-based outreach programs for students and teachers conducted at IISER, Pune and believes in the potential of experiential learning.

Sneha Bhogale, Sr Teaching Associate

Sneha Bhogale completed her Bachelors and Masters in Microbiology from SPPU, Pune and a PhD in Plant Molecular Biology from IISER, Pune. After her PhD, she worked on Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology during her post doctoral fellowship at University of Puget Sound, USA. Sneha enjoys teaching and has taught at undergraduates at different colleges in Pune. She is extremely passionate about integrating research and teaching.