Group Members
Principal Investigator
Dr. Shubhadeep Mandal
Assistant Professor, IISc Bengaluru, Sept 2022 - present
Research Interest: Microfluidics and Microswimmers
Email: smandal@iisc.ac.in | Phone: +918022932484
Office: 103, ME Building | Lab: 207 and 209, PE Building
Group Members at IISc
Dr. Priyam Chakraborty
Axis Bank Postdoctoral Fellow, Aug 2023 -
Research Interest: Mesoscale modelling of active matter
Email: priyamc@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Rahul Roy
NPDF-SERB, Apr 2024 -
IoE Postdoc, Jan 2024 - Mar 2024
Research Associate, Jul 2023 - Jan 2024
Research Interest: Microscale swimming
Email: rahulroy12@iisc.ac.in
Mr. Rupayan Jana
PhD student, Aug 2022 -
Research Interest: Microscale swimming
Email: rupayanjana@iisc.ac.in
Mr. Sourav Chatterjee
PhD student, Jan 2023 -
Research Interest: Microscale swimming
Email: souravc@iisc.ac.in
Mr. Saji M
PhD student, Jan 2023 -
Research Interest: Microscale swimming
Email: sajim@iisc.ac.in
Mr. Kalyan Kumar
PhD student, Aug 2023 -
Research Interest: Modelling of complex fluids
Email: kalyank@iisc.ac.in
External Members
Mr. Kumar Pijush Kataky
PhD student, IIT Guwahati, 2019 -
Co-Advisor: Dr. Pranab Kumar Mondal, IIT Guwahati
Research Interest: Hydrodynamics of anisotropic particles
Email: kumar_pijush@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Sunit Sarkar
PhD student, IIT Guwahati, 2020 -
Co-Advisor: Dr. Pranab Kumar Mondal, IIT Guwahati
Research Interest: Colloids in liquid crystals
Email: sunit.sarkar@iitg.ac.in
Mr. Sudhanshu Singh
PhD student, IIT Guwahati, 2020 -
Co-Advisor: Dr. Pranab Kumar Mondal, IIT Guwahati
Research Interest: Swimming droplets
Email: sudhanshusingh@iitg.ac.in
Award: Best poster award (sponsored by Langmuir) in the first Indian Conference on Micro Nano Fluidics (ICOM) which was held at IIT Madras from Sep 29 to Oct 1, 2023.
Mr. Margam Ramprasad
PhD student, IIT Madras, 2022 -
Co-Advisor: Dr. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, IIT Madras
Research Interest: Swimming in non-Newtonian fluids
Email: ramprasadmargam333@gmail.com
Lab Alumni
Postdocs
Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee
CV Raman Postdoctoral Fellow, Feb 2023 - Aug 2023
Research Interest: Active droplets
Email: sidmkj@gmail.com
Next Position: Postdoc, University of Twente
MTech Students
Mr. K Samrat Yadav
MTech in Fluids and Thermal Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 2021
Co-advisor: Dr. Pranab Kumar Mondal, IIT Guwahati
MTech Thesis: Dynamics of a Newtonian droplet in non-Newtonian oscillating microflow
Email: k.samrat@alumni.iitg.ac.in
Next Position: Engineer, Mahindra Research Valley, Chennai
Mr. Anubhav Chatterjee
MTech in Fluids and Thermal Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 2021
Co-advisor: Dr. Amaresh Dalal, IIT Guwahati
MTech Thesis: Numerical simulation of motion characteristics of microswimmer in structured microchannels
Email: anubhav.chatterjee95@gmail.com
Next Position: Senior Engineer (HVAC), Mahindra Research Valley, Chennai
Mr. Anubhav Jha
MTech in Fluids and Thermal Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 2021
MTech Thesis: Dynamics of a microswimmer in non-Newtonian fluid
Email: anubhaujha@gmail.com
Next Position: CFD Engineer, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
Mr. Swapnil Jani
MTech in Fluids and Thermal Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 2022
MTech Thesis: Transport and locomotion of microswimmer in non-Newtonian fluid
Email: sjani@iitg.ac.in
Next Position: Consultant, PwC India
Mr. Vaibhav Agarwal
MTech in Fluids and Thermal Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 2022
MTech Thesis: Microscale swimming in viscosity gradients
Email: vavaibhavagarwal1995@gmail.com
Next Position: Product Manager, ICICI Bank
BTech Students
Mr. Rohan Singh Dhaka
BTech in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 2022
BTech Thesis: Hydrodynamics of stick-slip Janus particle in Poiseuille flow
Email: dhaka18@alumni.iitg.ac.in
Mr. Rahul Jakhad
BTech in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 2022
BTech Thesis: Hydrodynamics of stick-slip Janus particle in Poiseuille flow
Email: jakhad@iitg.ac.in
Project Associate
Mr. Akshaya Kumara G
Project Associate, Dec 2022 - July 2023
Research Interest: Colloids in liquid crystals
Email: akshayag@iisc.ac.in
Next Position: Project Associate, IISc
Interns
Ms. Harshita Tiwari
Intern, Jan 2023 - May 2023
BTech, SLIET Longowal
Research Interest: Microscale swimming
Email: 1940097@sliet.ac.in
Mr. Sanket Biswas
Intern, Jan 2023 - May 2023
BTech, SLIET Longowal
Co-Advisor: Dr. Aloke Kumar
Research Interest: Microscale swimming
Email: 1940108@sliet.ac.in
Mr. Mrityunjoy Kumar Deb
Intern, May 2023 - July 2023
BTech, NIT Silchar
Research Interest: Viscoelastic flows
Email: mrityunjoy20_ug@mech.nits.ac.in
Mr. Swapnil Maiti
Intern, July 2023 - September 2023
BTech, IIEST Shibpur
Research Interest: Microfluidics
Email: swapnilmaiti2608@gmail.com