Group members

Akash Choudhary, Principal Investigator (Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur)

Past Experience and Education:

Humboldt Postdoc Fellow (Institute of Theoretical Physics, TU Berlin)

Ph.D (Chemical Engg., IIT Madras)

B.Tech (Chemical Engg., Vellore Institute of Technology)

Further information:  Google Scholar, ResearchGate

Contact: achoudhary[at]iitk[dot]ac[dot]in 

Phone: +91-512-259-2386 

Office: 601, Engineering Science Building (ESB) 3, IIT Kanpur

Lab: 615, ESB 3, IIT Kanpur

Kapil Upadhyaya, PhD Student (2024-)

Kapil hails from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. He earned his B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from NIT Bhopal. He is currently learning to model artificial active particles that can be optimized toward bioremediation. Kapil loves to travel, enjoys badminton, and a good ol' episode of 'the office'.


Contact: kapilu23[at]iitk[dot]ac[dot]in 

Sri Harini M D T, M.Tech Student (2024-)

Sriharini originates from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. She completed her B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from Anna University, Chennai. She is currently working on numerically modelling the hydrodynamic interactions between microswimmers. Sriharini is an avid Rubik's Cube enthusiast and she enjoys unraveling the enigma of puzzles.


Contact: sriharini23[at]iitk[dot]ac[dot]in

Jitendra Dhakar, PostDoc (2024-)



Contact: 

Undergraduate Project Students

Kushagra Tiwari

Umang Garg

Punam Singh

Komal Kumari

Anmol Bansal

Open Positions: Postdoc and Research Assistant

If you have a background or keen interest in transport phenomena, fluid mechanics and statistical physics, kindly share your CV at achoudhary[at]iitk[dot]ac[dot]in.