Our Team

Principal Investigator:


Indranil Malik

Assistant Professor [Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Telangana, India], 2023 July - present

Research Fellow [Alzheimer's Association Research Fellow, Todd lab, University of Michigan, USA], 2023

Ph.D. (Biochemistry) [Texas A&M University – College Station, USA; Advisor: Dr. Craig D. Kaplan], 2017

M.S. (Biology) [New Mexico Tech, NM, USA; Advisor: Dr. Snezna Rogelj, 2011

B.V.Sc & AH [West Bengal University of Animal & Fishery Sciences, Kolkata, India], 2008

Email: indranil@bt.iith.ac.in


Current Lab Members

Pratibha Singh

Ph.D. Student [Dec 2023 - present]

Research interest: Molecular dynamics simulation and biochemical analysis of ribosome dynamics

Email: bt23resch11011@iith.ac.in

Co-supervised by Dr. Himanshu Joshi 


Varada M P 

Ph.D. Student [July 2024 - present]

Research interest: Mechanism and regulation of non-canonical translation 

Email:  BT24RESCH11002@iith.ac.in


Vijaivasudev M J 

M.Tech Student [May 2023 - present]

Research interest: Drosophila models of neurodegeneration 

Email: bt23mtech14008@iith.ac.in


Aditya Gupta 

B.Tech Student 

Research interest: Drosophila models of neurodegeneration 

Email: BT22BTECH11001@iith.ac.in


Co-supervised PhD Students 

Subashani 

Ph.D. Student [Dec 2023 - present] with Dr. Rahul Kumar (supervisor)

Research interest: ALS genomics 

Email: bt23resch11018@iith.ac.in



Rajashree Ghana 

Ph.D. Student [July 2024 - present] with Dr. Sandipan Ray (supervisor)

Research interest: Neurodegeneration and circadian aberration 

Email: bt24resch11006@iith.ac.in














Previous team members 

Once a member always a member!                                                                                                                 

1. Lisa Kabiraj (Current position: PhD student at BITS Pilani. LinkedIn






Honorary Lab member: Myra D Malik

Research interest: mixing random stuffs at home to test if they react