We are currently accepting enthusiastic Ph.D. and M.Tech. project students with a natural curiosity to learn and a positive attitude
Kausalya joined IIT jodhpur as a M.Tech. student in July 2022. She pursued her B.Tech. in Biotechnology from Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering and Technology affiliated to Anna University. She developed a keen interest in bacterial genetics and built skillsets in the field of molecular genetics and recombinant DNA technology. Her work focused on exploring the regulation of virulence factors, by small-RNA in Klebsiella pneumoniae. She enjoys dancing, trekking, and traveling. Kausalya is currently a Project Associate at NIOT, Chennai.
Shubham joined IIT Jodhpur as an M.Tech student in July 2021. He has completed a B.Tech. in Biotechnology from Amity University, Noida. He worked with great enthusiasm with a very keen interest to develop his skillsets the field of genomics and metagenomics. His work applied Oxford Nanopore metagenomics to study the microbial communities that form the biological soil crusts of the Thar desert. Apart from work, he loves to play badminton, watch cricket and read non-fictional books. Shubham is currently a Project Associate at the CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory in Pune.
Sharvika graduated in 2022 with an M.Tech. degree from the Department of BSBE, IIT Jodhpur. She worked on setting up the strategy to make gene deletions in Klebsiella pneumoniae in our lab and went on to design deletion constructs for key RNA chaperones in K. pneumoniae. Her work earned her the top grade for her thesis. Sharvika is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center-EMBL Partnership for Genome Editing Technologies in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Anuja graduated in 2022 with an M.Tech. degree from the Department of BSBE, IIT Jodhpur. She worked on identifying novel determinants of hypermucoviscosity in Klebsiella pneumoniae P34, which does not harbour any known determinants of hypermucoviscosity. She earned the top grade for her thesis. Anuja has recently accepted a Ph.D. position at University of Georgia.