Meet The Team
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Principal Investigator
Dr. Abhrajyoti Ghosh
Associate Professor,
Department of Biological Sciences
Currently we have 6 Ph.D. students and one Post-Doc working in our biochemistry and environmental microbiology sections.
DBT Research Associate
Dr. Sritama Baag
M.Sc Zoology (University of Calcutta)
Ph.D. from Presidency University
Sritama is currently investigating the change in gut microbiome dynamics of shellfishes from Sundarbans under various environmental and anthropogenic stress factors.
UGC-SRF
Sangita Mondal
M.Sc. in Botany
Visva-Bharati University
Sangita is exploring different aspects of beneficial plant-microbe interactions through omics techniques to understand the molecular crosstalk in the rhizosphere for better plant productivity.
DBT-SRF
Jagriti Das
M.Sc. in Microbiology
University of Calcutta
Jagriti is looking into the gene level regulation mechanism of type-II toxin-antitoxin system of Sulfolobus and trying to identify potential proteases involved in the process.
DST-INSPIRE SRF
Agnita Acharya
M.Sc. in Microbiology
Vidyasagar University
Agnita is conducting multiple level study of dynamic osmoadaptive mechanisms of halophilic archaea that are found in Sundarban mangrove.
UGC-JRF
Shirsha Samanta
B.Ed., M.Sc. in Zoology
Vidyasagar University
Shirsha studies the structural and functional aspects of Prefoldin from Sulfolobus and its role in unfolded substrate protection and transfer to thermosome
UGC-JRF
Saheli Majumder
M.Sc. in Biotech
St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
Saheli is looking into the heat shock protein machinery of Sulfolobus and studying the functional and structural properties of different complexes of group II chaperonin in the organism.
UGC-JRF
Sriparna Mondal
M.Sc. in Botany
Visva-Bharati University
Sriparna is trying to explore how root associated microbiome and endophytes help plant to combat biotic, abiotic and anthropogenic stress.
NPDF Research Associate
Dr. Dhruba Bhattacharya
M.Sc. Botany (Kalyani University)
Ph.D. from Jadavpur University
Dhruba is currently investigating the sponge microbiome of the Sundarbans and uncovering its role in breaking down polyaromatic hydrocarbons.
Our Alumni
Dr. Koustav Bhakta
Postdoctoral Scholar
George William Hooper Foundation
UCSF, School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Arghya Bhowmick
Postdoctoral Scholar
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
UCSF, School of Medicine, USA
Dr. Sayandeep Gupta
Postdoctoral Scholar
Phil and Penny Knight Campus
University of Oregon, USA
Dr. Mousam Roy
HC Material Technologist
Biochemistry/Enzymology
Research and Development
Unilever, UK
Dr. Shayantan Mukherji
Research Scientist,
Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai, India
Dr. Chandrima Bhattacharyya
Postdoctoral Scholar
MIGAL Galilee Research Institute, Qiryat Shemona, Northern Israel
Dr. Triparna Mukherjee
Assistant Professor
Department of Biotechnology
Brainware University
Dr. Somi Patranabis
Assistant Professor
Amity University
Dr. Ivy Mallick
Commissioning Editor, Springer Nature Group, Netherlands
Dr. Dhritiman Dey
Postdoc at Yale University