Vidya D Negi

Associate Professor

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER),Mohali

Knowledge City Sector 81, SAS Nagar

Punjab 140306, INDIA

I am currently working as an Assistant Professor at, Department of Biological Sciences Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, Punjab and currently leading the Infection Immunology Lab (2i-lab)

I am interested in looking how host-pathogen interaction occurs during infection? How does a pathogen evade host immune response and develop an adaptive strategies to survive better? I am also interested in exploring the Salmonella mediated Infectobesity and impact on host development.

Professional Experience

Associate Professor IISER Mohali, Punjab, India ( 2025 - Till Date)
Assistant Professor, IISER Mohali, Punjab, India (2022 - 2025)
Assistant Professor, Department of Life Science, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India (2014-22)
Instructor Biology, UG Program, IISc Bangalore, India ( 2013 - 2014)
DST-WoS-A, Biochemistry Department, IISc Bangalore, India (2013 - 2013)
Research Associate, JNCASR Bangalore, India (2010 - 2011)
Post Doc Associate, University of Vermont, USA (2009 - 2010)

Education

Ph. D. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, Karnataka, India
M.Sc. H.P. University, Shimla, H.P. India
B.Sc. H.P. University, Shimla, H.P. India