Dr. Mahipal Ganji – Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor (Since Sep 2020)
Postdoc: MPI Biochemistry, Germany, 2018-20
Postdoc: TU Delft, The Netherlands, 2016-18
PhD: TU Delft, The Netherlands, 2012-16
ganji@iisc.ac.in
Sneha Shahu
PhD (Jan2021 – to date)
MSc Biotech:
Tezpur University, Tezpur 2017-19
Sneha is currently working on unraveling DNA compaction mechanisms by studying DNA-protein interactions.
snehashahu@iisc.ac.in
Micky Anand
PhD (Aug2021-to date)
M.Sc. and B.Sc. Life Sciences:
Central University of South Bihar 2016-21
Micky is currently interested in learning chromatin architecture and RNA biophysics.
mickyanand@iisc.ac.in
Prakshi Gaur
Int-PhD student (Jan2021-to date)
BSc: University of Delhi 2016-19
Prakshi is working on DNA – Protein interactions and structural biology
prakshigaur@iisc.ac.in
Vedanth Shree Vidwath
M.Tech (Aug2022- to date)
RVCE, Bengaluru
Vedanth is currently interested in probe design for DNA-PAINT.
vedanths@iisc.ac.in
Sreeja Baira
Int-PhD (Aug 2023- to date)
IISc, Bangalore
BSc Molecular Biology and Biotechnology:
Central University of Rajasthan, 2019-22
Sreeja is working on unraveling DNA compaction mechanisms by Nucleoid-Associated Proteins
sreejabaira@iisc.ac.in
Prathamesh Waje
PhD (Aug2024-to date)
M.Sc. and B.Sc. Microbiology
SPPU Pune, 2018-23
Prathamesh is working on protein-DNA interactions.
prathameshw@iisc.ac.in
Kedhar R. Thyagarajan
UG Intern (Jan2025-to date)
UG Biology, IISc, 2022-26
Kedhar is working on protein-DNA interactions.
kedhar@iisc.ac.in
Anshika Tomar
JRF (Jul2025-to date)
M.Sc. Biotechnology
MS University of Baroda 2023-2025
Anshika is interested in understanding genome organization
anshikatomar23@gmail.com
Ramadevi S
PhD (Aug2025 – to date)
MSc Medical Biochemistry:
JIPMER Puducherry, 2022-24
Rama is currently working on genome organization using DNA-PAINT.
ramadevis@iisc.ac.in
Riddhesh Ahire
PhD (Aug2025 – to date)
MSc Life Sciences:
University of Mumbai, 2022-24
Riddhesh is currently working on DNA energetics.
riddhesha@iisc.ac.in
Rishav Bandyopadhyay
M. Tech. Biotech (Dec 2025- to date)
KIIT Bhubaneshwar
Rishav is interested in understanding spatial organization of macromolecular complexes.
Syeda Nousheen
MSc (Dec 2025- to date)
St. Joseph Universisty, Bangalore
Nousheen is studying in protein-DNA interactions using single-molecule imaging.
Varsha Sorouth
M.Tech (Jan 2026- to date)
NIT Surathkal
Varsha is studying in protein-DNA interactions using single-molecule imaging.
Alumni
Dr. Abhinav Banerjee (Feb 2020-Jan 2026), Postdoc, Janelia Research Campus, USA
Ms. Ayushi Gupta (Nov 2021-Jan 2026), PhD, TU Dresden, Germany
Ms. Sudha Kumari (Jan 2025 to June 2025), JRF, IISc
Mr. Thejas Sathees (Nov 2021 – Aug 2024), PhD student, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Ms. Anvita Manjunath (Aug 2023 – Aug 2024), MS student, Johns Hopkins Univ, USA
Ms. Vinay (May 2023 – Apr 2024)
Mr. Shankar Krishna (May 2023 – Apr 2024), PhD student, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Ms. Anjali Kumari (July 2023 – Mar 2024), PhD student, University of Bonn, Germany
Ms. Mansi Srivastava ( Jan 2022-Sep 2023), PhD student, Heidelberg University, Germany
Ms. Zoya Quddus, PhD student, McGill University, Canada
Ms. Shailja
Mr. Biswanath Shaw (August 2022-April 2023): Ph.D. Student at Cornell University
Ms. Darshana Mandal (Nov 2022 to April 2023): Software Engineer at Google
Dr. Saminathan Ramakrishnan (Postdoc from Sep 2021 – Jun 2022)
Ms. Shreyasi Neogi (Aug 2021- May 2022): PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Mr. Rahul Sahal (Aug 2021 – May 2022): Ph.D. Student at IISc
Ms. Sanjana Pandey (Jan 2021 – Dec 2021): Ph.D. Student at IISER Kolkata
Ms. Atreyi Dutta (Feb 2021 – June 2021): PhD student, University of Otago, New Zealand
Mrs. Shruti Arya (Research Associate from Mar 2021-June 2021): Indian Civil Services
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