Meet The Team
PhD Scholars
Dipankar Singha
Ph. D. (1910204)
Fellowship: Institute
Belonging to Kolkata, Dipankar got his M. Sc. in Chemistry from West Bengal State University. He is working on Computational and experimental studies of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for gas adsorption, sensing, catalysis, and drug delivery applications. Dipankar cooks very well, loves travelling, takes interest in vlogging and aspires to become a mad gym-rat.
Pratyush Pani
Ph. D. (2220101)
Fellowship: UGC-SRF
Pratyush, who hails from Bhubaneswar, completed M. Sc. in Zoology from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology. He is working on post-transcriptional modifications of AMPK-related kinases and their role in neuronal polarization as well as Glucose-stimulated insulin secretion. Additionally, Pratyush is an avid bibliophile & cinephile, passionately into Kdramas and a language enthusiast.
Anannya Sarkar
Ph. D. (2410101)
Fellowhsip: UGC-JRF
Anannya, who comes from Howrah, West Bengal, did her M. Sc. in Zoology from Vidyasagar College under University of Calcutta. She is working on in silico designing of protein-based multi-epitope vaccines against various infectious and non-infectious diseases. She is a melophile and loves painting, enjoy eating street foods and prefers to turn in to bed whenever she is bored.
Pritichhanda Barik
Ph. D. (2410219)
Fellowship: SERB-JRF
Pritichhanda is from Nayagarh, Odisha, and completed her M.sc. in Chemistry from Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi. She's working on porous material discovery and characterization employing computational techniques for applications such as sensing, adsorption, and catalysis. Priti is extremely extroverted, a hodophile, into instant photography and loves dancing as well as singing.
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Dhananjaya Mohalik
Ph. D. (2410204)
Fellowship: Institute
Dhananjaya is originally from Bhadrak (but a Berhampur local) who did his BS-MS in Chemistry from IISER BPR itself. He specializes in the application of Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs) in sensing, primarily Biosensing of pesticides in Vegetables and other applications of porous materials. He has a strong passion for playing cricket and watching regional movies.
Shweta Sharma
Ph. D. (2420208)
Fellowship: Institute
Shweta is a native of Aurangabad, Bihar, and did her M.Sc. in Chemistry from Central University of South Bihar, Gaya. She is currently working on synthesis of Hydrogen-bonded-Organic Frameworks (HOFs), as well as their characterization and application in photocatalysis and gas adsorption. Shweta is fond of travelling around, loves playing badminton and is passionate about cooking .
BSMS Project Students
Anvesha Shree
BS-MS Student (20073)
Anvesha, who hails from Howrah, West Bengal and joined IISER Berhampur in 2020, is a final year Integrated BS-MS student. She is working on protein biophysics and enzymatic catalysis. Beyond work, she is a Kathak dancer, enjoys reading thrillers, devouring her favorite street foods and playing chess occasionally.
Abhijit Kuila
BS-MS Student (20001)
Abhijit, who belongs to Balasore, Odisha, and joined IISER Berhampur in 2020, is currently doing his BS-MS final year project. He is working on in silico therapeutic design against potential cancer targets. Apart from being very studious , he loves to play badminton and tends to turn over self-help books and articles.
Sneha Karmakar
BS-MS Student (20164)
Sneha hails from Kolkata, West Bengal and joined IISER Berhampur in 2020, is final year Integrated BS-MS student. She is working on computational studies of metal-organic framework (MOFs) for catalysis with application in industry. Additionally, Sneha is a melophile and bibliophile, enjoys painting & passionately into anime and manhwa.
MS Project Students
Janapriya Yarra
MS Thesis (2025)
Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh
Alumni
Dr. Jagannath Panda
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2020-23)
Present: Pukyong National University, Daeyon, Busan, South Korea
Dr. Parth Sarthi Sen Gupta
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018-22)
Present: Assistant Professor,
DY Patil International University, Pune, Maharastra
Dr. Hamid Rasool Bhat
Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018-19)
Present: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Kashmir, Kashmir
Saroj Kumar Panda
Ph.D. (2019-24)
Present: Post-doc, University of Texas, Arlington, USA
Satyaranjan Biswal
Project Fellow (2016-20)
Present: Ph. D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, (Marie Curie Fellow)
Abhik Kumar Ray
Project Fellow (2018-21)
Present: Patent Officer, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, Telangana
Sujata Nandi
MS Thesis (BSMS-2016)
Present: Ph. D., Cornell University, New York, USA
Uddipan Bhattacharya
MS Thesis (BSMS-2016)
Present: Ph. D., IISER Pune, Maharastra, India
Dibyarprakash Biswal
MS Thesis (BSMS-2017)
Present: Project Assistant, IISER Trivandrum, Kerala
Abhijit Kumar Nayak
MS Thesis (BSMS-2018)
Present: N/A
Gayatri Garg
MS Thesis (BSMS-2018)
Present: N/A
Rajneesh Singh
MS Thesis (iPhD-2021)
Present: N/A
Anmol Singh
Summer Intern (2019)
NIT Durgapur
Present: N/A
Sunisa Sahu
Summer Intern (2019)
VSSUT, Bula
Present: N/A
Rajesh Kumar Bhadra
MS Thesis (2019)
OUAT, Bhubaneswar
Present: N/A
Priyanka Sahu
Summer Intern (2019)
VSSUT, Burla
Present: N/A
Subhadip Naskar
MS Thesis (2022)
Present: N/A
Rahul Kumar Dash
MS Thesis (2022)
Trident Academy of Technology
Present: N/A
Shaswata Kramakar
MS Thesis (BSMS-2019)
Present: N/A
Mahendra Bana
MS Thesis (BSMS-2019)
Present: N/A
Korada Ganesh
MS Thesis (2024)
Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh
Present: N/A
K. Ganesh
MS Project 2024
Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh, Vizainagaram
Interns:
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Srijoti Mukherjee 21145
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Debansh Mohapatra 20181
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Arsha Prakash 21190
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Pragati Kisan 21045
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Dibyendu Roy 21023
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Ananta Debasis Sahoo 22015
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Sunita Behera 22145
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Adyasa Sahoo, BJB Autonomous College
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Soumik Mahato, NIT Durgapur
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Selina Selesmita Sahoo, KIIT University
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Shubham Raj 22128
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Ayushnarayan Dash 22041