TEAM
Sanhita Sinharay
Principal Investigator ( 2021 -present)
Sanhita received her Bachelors from Jadavpur University and Masters in Chemistry from IIT Madras. She received her Ph.D., from the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, in the department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. She joined the National Institutes of Health, NIH, USA, as a post-doctoral fellow at the Clinical Center, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences. Prior to joining IISc, she was a Junior faculty at MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA, in the Department of Cancer Systems Imaging. [CV]
Post - Doctoral Fellow
Suvam Kumar Panda
2024 -present
B.Sc - Chemistry, Utkal University (2015)
M.Sc - Chemistry, North Orissa University (2017)
PhD - Chemsitry, IIT Bhubaneswar (2023)
Thesis Title: Development of Molecular Probes for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Fluorescence Imaging
Design and Syntheses of Contrast agents for
Photoacoustic imaging and CEST MRI
Graduate Students
Pooja Patkulkar
01/2021 - Present
DBT SRF fellow
Integrated M.Sc., Biotechnology, University of Pune (2020)
Assessment of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) methods to improve oncologic therapy outcomes.
Ananya Sharma
08/2021 - Present
Prime Minister's Research Fellow, PMRF
M.Tech, Biological Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar (2021)
Development and translation of photoacoustic imaging agents for improved diagnostics.
Arjun S V
08/2022 - Present
Prime Minister's Research Fellow, PMRF
Integrated M. Tech, Medical Nanotechnology,
SASTRA Deemed University (2022)
Photoacoustic imaging of tumour glucose metabolism
Roshni P
08/2023 - Present
MD Physiology - Christian Medical College, Vellore (2022)
MBBS - Christian Medical College, Vellore (2016)
Photoacoustic imaging and metabolomics of ovarian cancer
Ankita Mandal
08/2024 - Present
BS-MS (Major in Biological Sciences and Minor in Chemistry), IISER Kolkata (2024)
Photoacoustic molecular imaging for targeted diagnosis of triple - negative breast cancer (TNBC)
Sneha Noble
08/2024 - Present
B.Tech - Biomedical Engineering,
TKM Institute of Technology (2021)
M.Tech - Biomedical Instrumentation and Signal Processing, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2023)
Validation and translation of extracellular pH as an MRI-based biomarker for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Thuria Hasan
08/2024 - Present
B.Sc - Medical Instrumentation, University of Gezira
Research Assistant - Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
M.Tech - Biomedical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
Photoacoustic contrast agent development for the early detection of colon cancer
Research Trainees
Sneha Ravanan
08/2024 - Present
Research Associate, Aragen Life Sciences, Bengaluru (2022 - 24)
M.Sc - Chemistry, Alagappa University (2022)
B.Sc - Chemsitry, Seethalakshmi Ramaswamy College, Trichy (2020)
Development of photoacoustic contrast agents for colon polyps
Syed Tameemuddin
07/2024 - Present
M.Tech - Bioengineering, IISc Bengaluru*
B.Tech - Chemical Engineering,
Meerut Institute of Engineering and technology
Vishaka Gouda
07/2024 - Present
BS-MS, IISER Berhampur (2025)*
Photoacoustic imaging of the brain
Photoacoustic imaging of the brain
Past Members
Ananya Banerjee
Vinay V
Sagnik Mitra
07/2023 - 07/2024
B.Sc.(H) Chemistry, Krishnath College, Berhampore
M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Kalyani
08/2023 - 01/2024
Integrated M.Sc., Biotechnology,
University of Pune (2023)
Integrated M. Tech, Biotechnology (2023)
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar
08/2023 - 01/2024
Present: Doctoral Student at Friedrich Schiller Universitat and Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology
Present: Graduate Student at IISER Bhopal
Present: Research Associate at
CSIR - IICB, Kolkata
Rittika Chatterjee
02/2023 - 07/2023
Lishel Pinto
10/2021 - 05/2022
Soumyashree Sahoo
01/2022 - 05/2023
B.Sc Chemistry, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
M.Sc Chemistry, IIT Guwahati
BE, Ramaiah Institute of Technology,
Bengaluru, India
BS-MS (Major in Chemistry and minor in Biology,
IISc (2023)
Present: Project Manager/Outreach Coordinator, Molecular Semiconductors Pvt.Ltd., Bengaluru
Present: ME, Northeastern University, US
Present: Graduate student, UT Austin, TX, US
Summer Interns
2024
Amit John - B.Tech in Biotechnology, IIT Madras
Avanika - BS-MS, IISER Mohali