Principal Investigator
Pavan Kumar Bosukonda (PKB)
Dr. Pavan Kumar Bosukonda carried out his doctoral studies at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore. At JNCASR, he worked under the supervision of Prof. M. Eswaramoorthy in the field of porous materials wherein his specific interest was to use supramolecular strategies for pore engineering in mesoporous silica.
After completing his Ph.D. in 2015, he moved to the University of Bristol, UK, to work with Prof. Stephen Mann as a Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow. His research in Bristol was focused on designing and fabricating artificial cells (protocells) exhibiting autonomous behaviour.
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In November 2019, he joined the Department of Chemistry, IIT Roorkee, as an Assistant Professor. His research interests are focused at the interface of the two upcoming fields of Synthetic Biology and Systems Chemistry. Please refer to the research tab for details of current projects.
Post-Docs
M.Sc. Chemistry (Jamia Millia Islamia)
PhD (INST Mohali)
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He is currently investigating the interactions between colloidosomes and coacervates and working towards developing strategies for controlling chemical communication between microcompartments.
Mujeeb Alam
Doctoral Students
B.Sc. Chemistry (University of Delhi)
M.Sc. Chemistry (IIT Ropar)
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He is currently interested in the self-organization of motile micro-compartments. Another focus of his research would be to develop microgel based chemomechanical oscillator and program collective behaviour in motile microgels.
Pankaj Singh Patwal
B.Sc. Chemistry (MDU Rohtak)
M.Sc. Chemistry (Indira Gandhi University)
She is currently interested in design of novel multiphasic coacervates and explore their dynamic structuration. Another focus of her research is to develop strategies for stabilization of coacervate microdroplets and control their assembly.
Preeti Sharma
Masters Students
Gaurav (IIT-R)
His project is focussed on design of temperature responsive membrane-bound microgels for buoyancy-based motility.
