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Meet The Team
Doctoral Students
V.R. Akshay Das
PhD 2019
Virus Discovery & Evolution
Harshal Srivastava
PhD 2022
Protein-Protein Interaction
Malavika Prakash
PhD 2022
Elucidating Entry Mechanism of Flavivruses
Saran M
PhD 2023
Monoclonal Antibody Production
Gayatri Kandpal
Integrated PhD 2020
Elucidating Coronavirus Entry Mechanism
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Anathyaya M
PhD 2026
Virus-Host Interactions
Amrita Ray
PhD 2026
Apoorva Singh
PhD 2026
Post-doctoral fellows
Dr. Umerali
Research Associate 2025
Elucidating Coronavirus Entry Mechanism
Project Students
Athulya PS
Technical Assistant
Adenovirus Based Vaccine Development
Amisha AK
BSMS Major Student
Monoclonal Antibody development
Rosemary Varghese
BSMS Major Student
Flavivirus Entry Mechanisms
Interns
Amlin Rhema Rachel J
4th year BSMS
Arpit
Kaur
4th year BSMS
Sarisha
Nowal
4th year BSMS
Vedant Giradkar
3rd year BSMS
OUR ALUMNI
PhD Graduates
Dr. Jeswin Joseph
PhD (Graduated 2023)
Currently a Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School, Boston, US
Dr. Karthika T
Int. PhD (Graduated 2024)
Currently a Post-doctoral Fellow at Catholic University of America, Washington DC, US
Dr. Kavitha MS
PhD (Graduated 2026)
Scientist C
Dr. Asha Lekshmi (2024 - 2025)
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Dr. Lekshmi Niveditha (2023 - 2025)
Currently a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Kerala. India
Master Graduates
1. Madhurima Maitra (M.Sc. 2024)
Pursuing PhD at IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand
3. Semantee Bhattacharyya (M.Sc. 2024)
Pursuing PhD at IIT Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
5. Josh Mathew Antony (BS-MS 2020)
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7. Athulya P.S. (BS-MS 2019)
Currently TA at IISER-TVM
9. Jyothilakshmi S (BS-MS 2019)
Currently Project Assistant at CHG, Bangalore
11. Shubham Divakar (BS-MS 2018)
Pursuing PhD at University of Bonn, Germany
13. Nirmegh Basu (M.Sc. 2021)
Pursuing PhD at University of Geneva, Switzerland
15. Niranjana Nair (BS-MS 2017)
Completed PhD at TiHo, Hanover, Germany
17. Sukhada Darpe (BS-MS 2017)
Pursuing PhD at Weizmann Institute, Israel
19. Aishwarya Hatekar (BS-MS 2016)
Currently Production Lead at Effective Altruism, Sweden
21. Ann Mary Issac (BS-MS 2016)
Pursuing PhD at DFRL-DRDO, Mysore
23. Jayshree K (BS-MS 2015)
Pursuing PhD at IIT Hyderabad
25. Sampath S.P. (BS-MS 2021)
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27. Aswin Babu G.S. (BS-MS 2020)
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29. Adithi Kamath (BS-MS 2019)
Pursuing PhD at University of Utah, USA
31. Diana Thomas (BS-MS 2019)
Pursuing PhD at University of Texas, Austin, USA
33. Lunavath Shiva (BS-MS 2018)
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35. Amal Chandran (BS-MS 2017)
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37. Maby Johns (BS-MS 2017)
Pursuing PhD at University of Antwerp, Belgium
2. Apoorva Singh (M.Sc. 2024)
Pursuing PhD at IISER-TVM
4. Aditya Biju (BS-MS 2020)
Pursuing PhD at University College of London, UK
6. Devi R (BS-MS 2019)
Preparing for civil services
8. Merina Tony (BS-MS 2019)
Pursuing PhD at Max Plank, Austria
10. Vyshnavi T. Vijayan (BS-MS 2018)
Pursuing PhD at University of Basel, Switzerland
12. Grishma Kulkarni (BS-MS 2018)
Pursuing PhD at University of Geneva, Switzerland
14. Melvin Daniel Roji (BS-MS 2017)
Pursuing PhD at TiHo, Hanover, Germany
16. Charulekha P. (BS-MS 2017)
Pursuing PhD at Medical University of South Carolina
18. Asha A.S. (BS-MS 2017)
Pursuing PhD at Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
20. Devi Krishnan M. (BS-MS 2016)
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22. Harikrishnan J. (BS-MS 2015)
Pursuing PhD at Ghent University, Belgium
24. Gayathri K.G. (BS-MS 2021)
Pursuing PhD at University of Toulouse, France
26. Aswathi (BS-MS 2021)
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28. Kavya Pramod (BS-MS 2020)
Pursuing PhD at TU/e, Netherlands
30. Asif Khan (BS-MS 2019)
Pursing PhD at CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA
32. Lissa Mary Johns (BS-MS 2019)
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34. Sanchu P. Thomas (BS-MS 2018)
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36. Nandha K. (BS-MS 2018)
Pursuing PhD at University of Minnesota
38. Roshin G. Vallet (BS-MS 2018)
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39. Kavyashree (BS-MS 2017)
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Project Students
Vyshnavi T Vijayan (TA 2024-2025)
Arathy Viswanathan (SRF 2024-2025)
Sreelakshmi SR (JRF 2023-2025)
Akshaya R (JRF 2023-2024)
Shreosi Basu (JRF 2022-2023)
Azeem Abdul Kalam (SRF 2022-2023)
Meera (JRF)
Arunaja (JRF 2022-2023)
Amal (SRF)
Sushma Balasubramaniam (JRF)
External Internship Students
Lynette Joseph (2024, NIT)
Niranjana Rajeev (2024, IISER Tirupati)
Vivian Joseph (2022, IIT Guwahati)
Clatherine Cleetus (2022, NISER Bhuweneshwar)
Vaishnavi (2017)
Usha Preeya (2017)
Ariya Devi (2017)
Josephine Van (2017, Erasmus Medical Center)
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