Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Timeline:
2021 - present: Assistant Professor
2014 - 2021: Post-doctoral training at the University of Victoria, Canada
2009 - 2014: PhD from SUNY Buffalo, USA
2007 - 2009: Project Assistant at NBRC, Gurgaon, India
2003 - 2007: B.Tech. Industrial Biotechnology at Alagappa College of Techology, Anna University, Chennai
Postdocs
Monica Alfred
(joined 2025)
PhD students
Narendra Pratap Singh
(joined 2021)
Sheba Annie Philip
CSIR fellow (joined 2022)
Priyanka Parida
UGC fellow (joined 2022)
Subhranwita Mallik
(joined 2023)
Harikrishna K
(joined 2025)
Lijitha Krishna
UGC fellow (joined 2025)
MS students
Aravind
(joined 2025)
Undergraduate students
Pravar Vijaywargiya
Dual Degree Project (started 2025)
Sumedh Kangne
Dual Degree Project
(started 2025)
Shivan Iyer
UGRC
(started 2025)
Anuran Samanta
UGRC
(started 2025)
Alumni
Seema Rani (DDP Student)
Sejal Kumaravel (Intern)