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    Current team members
    Name Status Year joined Degree Project
    Tanvi Kale

    PhD student

    2020

    2020 MSc Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, IBB Bangalore, IN

    Biophysics of bacterial cell shape. Experiment and simulations.

    Jashaswi Basu

    PhD student

    2020

    2020 MSc Biotechnology, IIT Roorkee, IN

    Microtubule polymerization dynamics, macromolecular crowding and kinesin collective transport.

    Aman Soni

    PhD student

    2021

    2020 MSc Computational & Integrative Science, JNU Delhi, IN

    Simulations and theory. Microtubule-motor interactions, coupled ODE models, stochastic simulations, non-linear dynamics, pattern formation.

    Kajal Singh

    PhD student

    2024

    2023 MSc Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu University Varanasi, IN

    Microtubule-dependent transport by dynein and kinesin. Protein purification. In vitro reconstitution. Microscopy.

    Prachi Negi

    PhD student

    2024

    2023 MSc Biotechnology, HNB Garhwal Univ Srinagar, IN

    Image-analysis, simulations of microtubule-motor interactions, spindle dynamics.


    Alumni
    Name Role in the lab Year completed Current status
    Dr. Shivani Yadav

    PhD

    2024

    Postdoctoral research fellow with Dr. Anne Straube, University of Warwick, UK

    Dr. Dhruv Khatri

    PhD

    2024

    Postdoctoral research fellow, Hans Knoll Inst, Univ. of Jena, Germany

    Dr. Neha Khetan

    MS-PhD 2021 (intPhD), Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    2022

    Postdoctoral research fellow, Univ. of California San Francisco, USA

    Dr. Anushree Chaphalkar

    PhD 2019, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    2020

    2020-2023 Medical Communications Manager, Docuplex, Pune, IN; 2023-4 Speciality Editor, WebMD, Remote, IN

    Dr. Kunalika Jain

    PhD 2020, Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    2021

    Postdoctoral Research Associate, MOCEL, Univ. Geneva, Geneve, CH

    Dr. Manasi Gangan

    PhD

    2018

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, USC, USA


    Last updated: 02-Sep-2025