Principal Investigator

Academic Profile

• Feb 2025-present          Assistant Professor - IIT Guwahati, India

• Oct 2023-Feb 2025        Subgroup Leader, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany 

                                       (Research Group: Prof. Rainer Haag)

• Jul 2023-Sept 2023       Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow,Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology(MIT),USA                                       (Advisor: Prof. Katharina Ribbeck)

• Jul 2020-Jun 2023        AvH Postdotoral Researcher Freie Universität Berlin, Germany                                       (Advisor: Prof. Rainer Haag)

• Aug 2014-Jun 2020      PhD  Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata                                         (Advisor: Prof. Suhrit Ghosh)

• 2012 - 2014                   M.Sc in Chemistry,  Indian Institute of Technology Madras 

                                      Thesis Advisor: Prof. Indrapal Singh Aidhen

• 2009 - 2012                   B.Sc in Chemistry, Midnapore College, Vidyasagar University

Awards & Fellowships 

•  Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Postdoctoral Fellowship (2021) from Germany

•  CSIR Fellowship for PhD (2014-2020)

•  GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering, 2014, All India rank: 64)

•  Merit Scholarship by IIT Madras (2012-2014)

•  Inspire Scholarship by Indian Government (2009-2014)

• Best Poster Prize, CRSI Symposium, IISER Bhopal, India, 

• Best Poster Prize, "Multivalency in Chemistry and Biology" Symposium, Free University Berlin, Germany

Research Grants 

• Grant as a PI: “Prime-minister early career research grant (PMECRG) by Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)" (Project Title: Light-Mediated RAFT Polymerization Enables the Design of Mucin-Inspired High-Molecular-Weight Biomaterials; Funding: 70.0 Lakhs; Duration: May, 2026 - April, 2029) (Ongoing)

• Grant as a PI: “Start-up research grant” funded by IIT Guwahati (Project Title: Development of Biopolymer-Based Dynamic Hydrogels Mimicking Cervical Mucus; Funding: 20.0 Lakhs; Duration: October, 2025 – September, 2028) (Ongoing)

• Grant as a PI: “SupraFAB research grant for junior research group” funded by German Research Foundation (Project Title: Oligomerization of Mucin-Inspired Polymers to Create High Molecular Weight Glyco-architectures; Funding: 20,000 Euro; Duration: October, 2023 – December, 2024) (Completed)

Teaching: 

• HT103  Chemistry (For BS in Biomedical Science and Engineering)

• HT113  Biochemistry (For BS in Biomedical Science and Engineering)

• HT506  Biotechniques and Bioinstrumentation Laboratory (For M.Tech.)

• HT509  Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Laboratory (For M.Tech.)

• HT505  Research Methodology, Ethics, IPR, Entrepreneurship and Biosafety (For M.Tech.)

• HT607  Sustainable Polymers in Healthcare Applications (Open elective for MSc./M.Tech. and PhD)

Selected Talks

• Delivered a Talk at "32nd ISCB International Conference (ISCBC-2026)" conference organized by IIT BHU and ISCB, 12-14 May, 2026

• Delivered a Keynote lecture at "Transformative Organic Chemistry in Biology and Material Science (TSOC) conference organized by IIT Madras, 9-10 January 2026

• Delivered a talk at "MACRO 2025: 18th Conference, SPSI-MACRO-2025, IIT Kharagpur Research Park, Kolkata, Dec. 15-18, 2025 

• Delivered a Talk at "Global Scientific Conference (Chemistry for Health)”, organized by IIT Bombay and American Chemical Society, IIT Bombay, 8-11 October 2025 

• Delivered a talk at "IUPAC Macro 2024 (The 50th World Polymer Congress), Warwick University, UK, 2024.

• Delivered a talk at "Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on “Cilia, Mucus and Mucociliary Interactions” Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco, Italy, 2023.

Membership

• Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) (Membership no: 31467375)

• Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC)  (Membership no: 31467375)

• Member of the Society of Polymer Science, India (SPSI) (Membership no: 886) 

• Member of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) (Membership no: LM2156)

Administrative Roles: 

• SUPC Secretary of JBM School of Health Sciences and Technology

• SPPC Member of JBM School of Health Sciences and Technology

• Associate Warden of Barak Hostel 

• Member of IIT Guwahati Library Advisory Committee

• Mentor of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Student Chapter of JBM School of Health Sciences and Technology, IIT Guwahati 

Reviewer Activity: 

• ACS: JACS, ACS Nano, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, ACS Applied Biomaterials, ACS Omega, ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering,

• Wiley: Advanced Materials, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Advanced Healthcare Materials, Macromolecular Bioscience, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

• RSC: RSC Advances, Biomaterials Science, Nanoscale, Nanoscale Advances

• Elsevier: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules