Educational Details
1. B. Sc. (Honours) Berhampur University, Odisha, India
2. M. Sc. (Animal Biotechnology) University of Hyderabad, India
3. Ph. D. (Biotechnology) Anna University, Chennai, India
4. Postdoc. Research work in Harvard Medical School, USA
Editorial Position
Associate Editor: Journal of Translational Medicine
Reviewers: Journal of Immunology, Autoimmunity, Gut Microbes, Bone, Nature Communications, Translational Research, Physiological Genomics, JBMM, American Journal of Physiology (AJP)-Endocrinology and Metabolism, Pharmacological Research, Journal of Cellular Physiology.
Honors/Awards/Recognitions
Awarded International Marie Curie Research Fellowship, Europe
Young Investigator Award, from ECTS-IBMS meeting, Europe.
Young Investigator Travel Award, from ASBMR meeting, USA
Sattu Somani Scientist Award for Physiology and Immunology, in Association of Scientists of Indian Origin in America (ASIOA), USA
Awarded CSIR Foreign Travel Grant Award, India
ICMR JRF
Sourav completed his Bachelor of Technology in Biotechnology from the MPUAT, Udaipur and a Master of Science in Biotechnology from Institute of Advanced Research, Gandhinagar. He has qualified for ICMR-JRF, DBT-JRF Category I, CSIR-UGC NET and GATE Biotechnology and Life Sciences. He focuses on deciphering Aberrant B-Cell Responses in Colorectal Cancer Development and Exploring Novel CAR-T Cell-Based Therapeutic Strategies
CSIR-NET JRF
BSc in Microbiology from Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences (BCAS), University of Delhi. MSc in Biotechnology from South Asian University. Research Assistant at IMMEI, University of Bonn, Germany. JRF (Project) at Vector Borne Disease Group, ICGEB. PhD (JRF) in Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, IIT Delhi. Fellowship: CSIR-NET.
Sonia Verma
UGC-NET JRF
Sonia completed her BSc in Botany, Zoology, Chemistry from Govt. Degree college for women, University of Jammu (2022). MSc in Biotechnology from University of Jammu (2024). Qualified GAT-B, GATE Biotechnology and CSIR-UGC NET JRF.
Sweety Tiwari
GATE
Sweety completed her B.Sc.(Hons) in Zoology from Banaras Hindu University in 2024 and an M.Sc. in Biochemistry at Banaras Hindu University, securing the 2nd Rank in her master's program in 2026. She has qualified GATE Life Sciences with an All-India Rank of 158, alongside other national exams including GATE Biotechnology, CSIR NET and JGEEBILS. She focuses on deciphering the role of CD8+ Treg in Type1 Diabetes and Application of Biomaterial based Cell Therapies in Tissue Regeneration for Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis
Aniket Kumar completed his B.Sc. in Biochemistry (Honours) from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and has qualified GATE and JAM. His current work focuses on deciphering the role of G-quadruplex-forming mitochondrial damage-associated lncRNAs in sepsis-induced macrophage reprogramming, particularly their involvement in mitophagy, metabolic reprogramming, macrophage polarization, and inflammation, and exploring potential therapeutic strategies targeting these pathways.
IIT Delhi
ANRF
DHR