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.
Doctoral Students
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
B.Sc. Chemistry (MDU Rohtak)
M.Sc. Chemistry (Gurugram University)
She is currently interested in the design of microgel rollers for environmental remediation applications.
Karishma Dagar
B.Sc. Chemistry (Allahabad State University)
M.Sc. Chemistry (University of Allahabad)
He is interested in design of stimuli-responsive coacervates.
Ashutosh Pandey
B.Sc. Chemistry (Kumaun University, Nainital)
M.Sc. Chemistry (SSJ University, Almora)
She is looking to design motile microgels and study their collective behaviour
Neha Bagauli
B.Sc. Chemistry (University of Delhi)
M.Sc. Chemistry (NSUT, Dwarka)
She is interested in exploring the unique functional microenvironments of coacervates and their role in regulating molecular interactions and chemical processes.
Shruti Sharma
B.Sc. Chemistry (RRBMU, Alwar)
M.Sc. Chemistry (MNIT, Jaipur)
She works on the enzyme-based activation and deactivation of redox-responsive surface-active molecules (surfactants) and their influence on Marangoni flows.
Sanjeet Yadav
B.Sc. Chemistry (Indira Gandhi University, Meerpur)
M.Sc. Chemistry (IIT Bhilai)
She is interested in the design and investigation of surfactant-based coacervate systems and their dynamic self-organization.
Akansha
B.Sc. Chemistry (CBLU, Haryana)
M.Sc. Chemistry (MDU, Rohtak)
She is currently focused on studying the motility of buoyant microgels at the air-water interface through reaction-driven flows, with a particular interest in their collective behaviour and self-organization.
