Debanjan did his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2016. During his Ph.D. he used in vitro patch clamp and imaging methods to decipher a crucial plasticity paradigm in fast spiking interneurons in the Dentate Gyrus. Following that, he joined The Francis Crick Institute, London and University College London as a postdoctoral fellow. Under the guidance of Prof. Andreas Schaefer, he studied the olfactory system to decipher a fundamental concept in the field showing that mammals can perceive temporally dynamic odour stimuli. Furthermore, he used in vivo patch clamp recordings and extracellular recordings to find that neurons in the olfactory bulb can couple to such temporally fluctuating odour signals. He then joined the UK Dementia Research Institute, UCL as a Senior Research Fellow. During his tenure at the DRI, he used in vivo patch clamp in the hippocampal neurons to understand mechanistically how hippocampal neurons in a tau animal are functionally different than those in the control animals. 

Ankit completed his B Tech in Mechanical engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. He joined the lab as the first MTech student of the group in 2023. He is working on a computational project to understand the encoding mechanisms of temporally structured odour in the olfactory circuit.

Rakesh completed his BS in Biotechnology from Shiv Nadar University in May' 24. After which he joined the lab as an MTech in Biomedical Engineering student.

Ankur completed his BSc and MSc from Presidency College, Kolkata in 2023. He then decided to do an MTech in Neuroscience and hence joined the NCD lab in August' 2024. He is interested in understanding psychosis and the role of working memory in the disorder.
He is a big fan of detective stories and wants to visit 221 Baker Street at some point of his life!

Neha completed her MSc in Biochemistry from Central University of Rajasthan. She joined the lab as the first PhD student in January' 2024. She is working on a behavioural assay to understand perception of temporally structured odour stimulus in AD.

Sreya completed her MSc in Biotechnology from IIT Roorkee. After that she joined the Start-up Incubation and Inovation Centre at IIT Kanpur as a Young Professional Program fellow from Feb' 23 till Jan' 24. After which she decided to pursue her PhD in Neuroscience and hence joined the lab as a PhD student in July' 24.

Shreya completed her MSc in Biotechnology from Jaypee University of Information technology, Solan. After that, she decided to move to Neuroscience and hence joined the lab in August' 25 as a PhD student. In her free time she likes to play computer games. Her current favourite is The Prince of Persia (Two Thrones) from Ubisoft.