Dr. Nithya M

Project Research Scientist-II, March 2024 - till date

Academic Background:
M.Tech - Industrial Biotechnology (5 years integrated), SASTRA University, Tamil Nadu, 2010.
PhD – Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 2017.
Experience:

Post Doctoral Fellow – Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences - Lucknow, 2017-2018
Assistant Professor (Contractual) – National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh, Jan 2019 - July 2021
Post Doctoral Resercher – Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Aug 2021- Feb 2024
Email: nithiim87@gmail.com
Research Area: Biomicrofluidics: Organ-on-a-chip, Microbial Gradient Sensing, Cell Sorting, Point-of-Care Diagnostics (polymer and paper microfluidics)
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Dr. Silpa Arkat

Project Research Scientist-I, November 2024 - till date

Academic Background:
B.Sc Biochemistry- Sri Krishnadevaraya University, 2008.
MSc Animal Biotechnology-University of Hyderabad, 2010.
PhD Biotechnology- National Centre for Cell Science, 2017.
Email: silpa.knlarkat@gmail.com
Research Area:Cardiovascular diseases, Heart failure models, Free radical biology, Tissue Engineering, Molecular and Cell Biology.
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Dr. Avinash

Project Research Scientist-I, June 2025 - till date

Academic Background:
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering, Rajasthan Technical University, Kota, 2013.
M.Tech - Thermal Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar, Assam, 2017.
PhD – School of Energy Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, 2024.
Email: k.avinash.sp@gmail.com
Research Area: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Energy conversion, Electrohydrodynamics, Bio-microfluidics, Fluid flow and Heat transfer.
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Dr. Arnov Paul

Project Research Scientist-I, June 2025 - till date

Academic Background:
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal, 2018.
M.Tech - Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIEST), 2020.
PhD – Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, 2025.
Email: arnov0381@gmail.com
Research Area: Health care, Droplets, Evaporation, Cooling, Marangoni flow.
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