Welcome to Bio-Inspired Polymeric Materials Lab
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Graduate Students
Ms. Manideepa Dhar
Designation: PhD Student
Duration: Aug, 2018-April 2024
Research Topics: Sustainable drug release from tunable Superhydrophobic Surfaces.
Current Position:
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Ms. Angana Borbora
Designation: PhD Student
Duration: Aug, 2018-Nov 2023
Research Topics: Development of Chemically Reactive Multilayer Interfaces for Chemical Sensing
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (Supervisor: Prof. Christof Wöll)
Dr. Supriya Das
Designation: PhD Student
Duration: Aug, 2017-Aug 2023
Research Topics: Superhydrophobic patterned Interfaces
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Dr. Arpita Shome
Designation: PhD Student
Duration: Aug, 2017-Aug 2022
Research Topics: Sustained release of small molecule from Bio-Compatible Superhydrophobic Material
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at University of Georgia, USA (Supervisor: Dr. Hitesh Handa)
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Dr. Kousik Maji
Designation: PhD Student
Duration: July, 2016-December, 2021
Current Position: Quality Control Officer at IOCL
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Dr. Abhisekh Saha
Designation: PhD Student (Co-Supervisor)
Duration: July, 2016-November, 2021
Research Topics: Water absorbing polymer (WAP)-soil interaction study for drought management
Dr. Avijit Das
Designation: PhD Student
Duration: December, 2015-August, 2021
Research Topics: Graphene Oxide-Based Functional Interfaces Embedded with Tolerant Super-Liquids (Oil/Water)-Wettability
Experience: Postdoctoral researcher at POSTECH, South Korea(Supervisor: Unyong Jeong, Jan 2022-March 2023)
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at University of Colorado Boulder, USA
(Supervisor: Timothy J. White)
Dr. Dibyangana Parbat
Designation: PhD Student
Duration: Aug, 2015-March, 2021
Research Topics: 1) Fabrication of multilayered underwater superoleophobic surface
Experience: Postdoctoral researcher at IISC, Bangalore (Supervisor: Ramakrishnan S , Dec 2020-May 2022)
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at POSTECH, South Korea
(Supervisor: Sangjoon Lee )
Dr. Adil Majeed Rather
Designation: PhD Student
Duration: Aug, 2015-Aug, 2019
Research Topics: 1) Fabrication of multifunctional anti-wetting "bulk" materials
2) Developing advanced chemical sensors using soft materials.
Experience: 1) Research Associate at IITG (Dr. Uttam Manna's Lab from Sep, 2019-Dec, 2019)
2) Postdoctoral researcher at Ohio State University, USA
(Supervisor: William Xiaoguang Wang , Jan 2020-Jun 2021)
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at North Carolina State University
(Supervisor: Arun Kumar Kota )
Post-doctoral researcher
Dr. Subhankar Mandal
Designation: Post-doctoral fellow
Duration: July, 2022-November, 2022
Education: M.Sc from University of Kalyani.
PhD from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, Amethi. (Jan, 2018- Dec, 2021)
Contact: Phone: +91 361 258 4345 (O)
Research Topics: Tough Hydrogel, Flexible electronics, sensors.
Current Position: Postdoctoral researcher at University of Colorado Boulder
(Supervisor: Carson J. Bruns )
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Dr. Deepshikha Hazarika
Designation: Post-doctoral fellow
Duration: January, 2020-February, 2021
Education: PhD from Tezpur University (2019)
Contact: Phone: +91 361 258 4345 (O)
Dr. Upama Baruah
Designation: Post-doctoral fellow
Duration: March, 2018-March,2020.
Education: PhD from The Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati
Contact: Phone: +91 361 258 4345 (O)
Dr. Sudhir Kumar Shoora
Designation: Post-doctoral fellow
Duration:
Current position:
Project Students
Mr. Anirban Phukan
Joined the Group: June, 2023 - May, 2024
Education: M.Sc from Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad (2021-2023).
B.Sc from Hansraj College (2018-2021)
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Mr. Dibyendu Ghosh
Joined the Group: Aug, 2023 - May, 2024 (Roll No.- 222122013)
Education: M.Sc from Indian Institute of Technology , Guwahati (2022- present).
B.Sc from Banaras Hindu University (2019-2022)
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Ms. Sonam Rani
Joined the Group: May, 2023 - May, 2024 (Roll No.- 222122048)
Education: M.Sc from Indian Institute of Technology , Guwahati (2022- present).
B.Sc from Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Chandigarh (2019-2022)
Current Position: PhD at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
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Mr. Swaraj Roy
Joined the Group: Nov, 2022
Education: M.Sc from The university of Burdwan, golapbug campus (2019-2021).
B.Sc from Burdwan Raj college (2016-2019)​
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Mr. SK Asif Rahaman
Joined the Group: Sep, 2023
Education: M.Sc from University of Calcutta (2021- 2023).
B.Sc from Asutosh College (2018-2021)​
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Mr. Priyam Mondal
Duration: Jun, 2022-Jun, 2023
Education: M.Sc from Jadavpur University, Kolkata (2020-2022).
B.Sc. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata (2017-2020)
Current Position: Phd at Purdue University, USA.
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Mr. Karan Jain
Joined the Group: Sep, 2022 - May, 2023 (Roll No.- 190122024 )
Education: B. Tech in Chemical Science and Technology from IIT Guwahati (2019- 2023)
Current Position: Mphil in Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK
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Ms. Ishika Dhanwani
Joined the Group: Sep, 2022-May, 2023
Education: M.Sc from IIT Guwahati, Assam (2021-2023).
B.Sc from Hansraj College, University of Delhi (2018-2021)
Current Position: Faculty at FIITJEE, Delhi
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Ms. Sohini Mandal
Joined the Group: Sep, 2022-May, 2023
Education: M.Sc from IIT Guwahati, Assam (2021-2023).
B.Sc from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata (2018-2021)
Current Position: PhD at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
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Ms. Pritha Chakraborty
Joined the Group: Sep, 2022
Education: M.Sc from Indian Association from the Cultivation of Science (2020-2022).
B.Sc from Hooghly Mohsin College, The University of Burdwan (2017-2020)
Current Position:
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Mr. Ayush Agarwal
Designation: Masters Project
Duration: Jan, 2022-May, 2022
Current position:
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Mr. Sujan Mandal
Designation: Masters Project
Duration: Jan, 2022-May, 2022
Current Position: Project Assistant at IIT Bombay
Mr. Nirban Jana
Designation: Research fellow
Duration: Dec, 2016-March, 2022
Current position: Scientist at DRDO
Mr. Kartik Banerjee
Designation: Masters Project
Duration: Jan, 2021-May, 2021
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Mr. Sanskar Singhai
Designation: BS Project
Duration: Aug, 2020-May, 2021
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Mr. Swagatam Das
Designation: BS Project
Duration: Aug, 2020-May, 2021.
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Ms. Nidhi Rawat
Designation: Project assistant
Duration: Aug, 2019-March,2020
Mr. Sarajit Naskar
Designation: Project assistant
Duration: Nov, 2019-March,2020
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Ms. Anushree Mondal
Designation: Masters project
Duration: Jan, 2020-May,2020
Current position: PhD at IISER, Kolkata
Mr. Sayan Banerjee
Designation: Masters project
Duration: Jan, 2020-May,2020
Current position: PhD at IACS, Kolkata
Vaishnabi Bhardwaj
Designation: BS project
Duration: Aug, 2019- May, 2020
Current position: Analyst at Goldman Sachs
Shambhavi Das
Designation: BS project
Duration: Aug, 2019- May, 2020
Current position: Pursuing MS at University of Pennsylvania
Arcot Yashwanth
Designation: BS project
Duration: Aug, 2018- May, 2019
Current position: Pursuing MS at Texas A&M University
Deepak Patel
Designation: Masters Project
Duration: Jan, 2019- May, 2019
Current position: PhD at IIT Madras
Barnali Mondal
Designation: Masters Project
Duration: Summer project (May,2018-Jul,2018), Masters project (Jan, 2019- May, 2019)
Current position: PhD at IISER Pune
Sakshi Mehta
Designation: Masters Project
Duration: Jan, 2018- May, 2018
Current position: PhD at IISC
Shreyasi Sengupta
Designation: Project Staff
Duration: Oct, 2017- Jun, 2018
Current position: Graduate student in Chemistry at University of Maryland Baltimore County
Chetna Mohanty
Designation: Project Student
Duration: May, 2018- Jun, 2018, Nov, 2017- Dec, 2017
Current position: M.Sc. at NIT Rourkela
Neeha Gogoi
Designation: BS Project
Duration: Jan, 2017-Jun, 2017
Current position: PhD at Uppsala University, Sweden.
Pratetti Hazarika
Designation: BS Project
Duration:
Current position: PhD student at Universität Bern
Aditi Gupta
Designation: Project Assistant
Duration:
Current position: Employee at American Express, Gurugram, Haryana
Sana Gaffar
Designation: Project Staff
Duration: Dec, 2015- Nov, 2016
Current position:
Aparna Panuganti
Designation: Project Assistant
Duration: June, 2016-May 2017
Current position: SAS progammer at TCS