Regular Faculty
Dr. Althuri Avanthi
Assistant Professor
Area of Research: Biofuels, Biochemicals, and Biomaterials
Bioprocess technology, Fermentation, and
Downstream processing
Nanobiotechnology and Hydrothermal
Liquefaction
Waste valorisation and Circular economy
Email: a.avanthi@bt.iith.ac.in
Dr. Anamika Bhargava
Associate Professor
Areas of Research : Voltage-gated calcium channels in health
and disease
Ion channels in cancer
Cell signalling through ion channels
Investigation of disease and toxicity
mechanisms using zebrafish model
Development of zebrafish models of
xenotransplantation
Email: abhargava@bt.iith.ac.in
Phone : +91 (40) 2301 8453
Dr. Rajakumara Eerappa
Professor, Head Of The Department
Areas of Research :Epigenetics, DNA repair and allosteric
regulation of receptors and enzymes
Characterization of cancer drug targets,
Inhibitor/lead compound design
Thermodynamics of phase separation of
biological macromolecules and hydrogel
design
X-ray crystallography and
Structural Biology
Email: eraj@bt.iith.ac.in
Phone : +91 (40) 2301 7002
Dr. Savita Devi
Assistant Professor
Areas of Research :Molecular Mechanisms of innate immunity and inflammation regulation in health and
diseases
Human Inflammasomes
Nucleic acid sensors
Innate immune sensors and Cancer
Email: savitadevi@bt.iith.ac.in
Dr. Himanshu Joshi
Assistant Professor
Area of Research:DNA Nanotechnology
Lipid-DNA, DNA-protein, and DNA-DNA
interaction
Nanopores
Nanoparticles and biological materials
Artificial water channels
Email: hjoshi@bt.iith.ac.in
Dr. Rahul Kumar
Assistant Professor
Areas of Research:Radiogenomics based biomarkers for
glioblastoma prognosis and diagnosis
Developing AI/ML based methods to
design novel anticancer compounds
Developing multi-omics biological
databases
Developing AI/ML based algorithms to
identify novel molecular subtypes
Exploring non-coding elements for
disease pathology
Email: rahulk@bt.iith.ac.in
Phone : +91 (40) 2301 7002
Dr. Indranil Malik
Assistant Professor
Area of Research:Repeat Expansion Disorders
Role of RNA binding proteins in neurological
diseases
Developing Drosophila models of human
neurodegenerative diseases
RNA structure and translational regulation
Email: indranil@bt.iith.ac.in
Dr. Gunjan Mehta
Assistant Professor
Area of Research:Chromosome Dynamics
and Cell Division
Gene Regulation
Aneuploidy, Genetic Disorders,
Cancers
Single-Molecule Imaging
and Tracking
Email: gunjanmehta@bt.iith.ac.in
Phone : +91 (40) 2301 6159
Dr. Ashish Misra
Assistant Professor
Area of Research
:Pre-clinical validation of tissue-based
prognostic and predictive biomarkers in
therapy resistant Indian prostate cancer
patients.
Identification and pre-clinical validation of
therapeutically targetable oncogenic drivers
of castration-resistant prostate cancer
Constructing the Genomic and Transcriptomic
landscape of Indian pediatric B-cell Acute
Lymphoblastic Leukemia patients to identify novel
prognostic and therapeutic targets.
Understanding the role of Long non-coding
RNAs and alternative splicing in cancer
progression
Email:
ashishmisra@bt.iith.ac.in
Phone : +91 (40) 2301 6196
Dr. Basant Kumar Patel
Professor
Area of Research : Protein misfolding- mechanisms and
prevention
Yeast prions genetics and cell biology
Email: basantkpatel@bt.iith.ac.in
Phone : +91 (40) 2301 6196
Dr. N.K. Raghavendra
Associate Professor
Area of Research: Human – virus: protein-protein and DNAprotein interaction
Email: raghunk@bt.iith.ac.in
Phone : +91 (40) 2301 7056
Dr. Thenmalarchelvi Rathinavelan
Professor
Area of Research : Molecular mechanism behind
microsatellite repeat expansion disorders
Antimicrobial resistance in Gramnegative bacteria
Microbial genomics
Amyloidogenic characteristic of an
intrinsically disordered Saccharomyces
cerevisiae protein
Development of algorithms, databases
and web tools
Utilization of SERBP1 as an anticancer
drug target
Identification of ligand molecules to
target microsatellite repeat expansions
Biomolecular structure and interaction
prediction using machine learning algorithms
Email: tr@bt.iith.ac.in
Phone : +91 (40) 2301 7067
Dr. Sandipan Ray
Assistant Professor
Area of Research: Circadian rhythms and sleep
Neuropharmacology
Aging
Systems biology
>ental health
Email:
sandipan.ray@bt.iith.ac.in
Phone : +91 (40) 2301 6157
Dr. Anindya Roy
Professor
Areas of Research : Molecular characterization of DNA
alkylation damage repair enzymes
Role of DNA alkylation in cancer,
autoimmune and inflammatory diseases
Email: anindya@bt.iith.ac.in
Phone : +91 (40) 2301 6083
Dr. G. Narahari Sastry, FNA, FNASc, FASc, FRSC
Professor
Area of Research: computational modelling and artificial
intelligence from basic to translational research
Email: gnsastry@bt.iith.ac.in
Dr. Gaurav Sharma
Assistant Professor
Areas of Research :Microbial genomics and evolution
Plant-microbe interactions
Genomic, Metagenomic, and Transcriptomics
Computational biology to function
Next-generation sequencing data analysis
Database and webserver development
Email: sharmaG@bt.iith.ac.in
Dr. Abhishek Subramanian
Assistant Professor
Areas of Research :Computational Systems & Network
Biology
Omics data analysis & bioinformatics
Metabolism & gene regulation
Mathematical, statistical modelling
machine learning
Parasitology and immunology
Email: abhisheks@bt.iith.ac.in
Adjunct Faculty
Undurti N Das, MD, DSc, FAMS, FRSC
Adjunct Professor
Consultant Physician, Diabetologist, Clinical Immunologist, Rheumatologist, CEO, CSO, UND
Life Sciences
Area of Research: polyunsaturated fatty acids and their metabolism
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Dr. Neeraj Kumar
Affiliated Professor
Assistant Professor, Liberal Arts.
IIT Hyderabad
Area of Research: Sensorimotor Learning,
Motor Memory,
Non-invasive Brain Stimulation,
Stroke Rehabilitation.
Room: C-112/F, Academic Block C
Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Kandi-502284, Sangareddy
Telangana, India