Sanhita Sinharay
Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor ( 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]
IoE Post Doctoral fellow
Suvam Kumar Panda
02/2024 - 05/2025
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)
Thesis topic: Molecular imaging approaches to assess therapeutic outcomes
Ananya Sharma
08/2021 - Present
Prime Minister's Research Fellow
M.Tech, Biological Engineering,
IIT Gandhinagar (2021)
Thesis: Development and translation of nontargeted and targeted photoacoustic imaging agents for diagnostics and theranostics
Arjun S V
08/2022 - Present
Prime Minister's Research Fellow
Integrated M. Tech, Medical Nanotechnology,
SASTRA Deemed University (2022)
Thesis topic: Evaluation of photoacoustic imaging probes for metabolic disorders
Dr. Roshni P
08/2023 - Present
MD- Ph.D. scholar
MD Physiology - Christian Medical
College, Vellore (2022)
MBBS - Christian Medical College,
Vellore (2016)
Thesis topic: Correlation between aggressiveness and changes in metabolic signatures in ovarian cancer
Photoacoustic imaging biomarkers in aging brain
Ankita Mandal
08/2024 - Present
BS-MS (Major in Biological Sciences and Minor in Chemistry), IISER Kolkata (2024)
Enzyme targeted photoacoustic imaging for efficient diagnosis of triple - negative breast cancer (TNBC)
Sneha Noble
08/2024 - Present
M.Tech - Biomedical Instrumentation and Signal Processing, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2023)
Evaluation of magnetic resonance based approaches for accurate early diagnosis in IPF
Thuria Hasan
08/2024 - Present
M.Tech - Biomedical Engineering,
IIT Kharagpur, India
Early detection in abdominal cancer with photoacoustic imaging approaches
Research Trainees
Sneha Ravanan
08/2024 - Present
Research Associate, Aragen Life Sciences, Bengaluru (2022 - 24)
M.Sc - Chemistry, Alagappa University (2022)
Photoacoustic contrast agent design and synthesis
Syed Tameemuddin
07/2024 - 05/2025
M.Tech - Bioengineering, IISc Bengaluru
Vishaka Gouda
07/2024 - 05/2025
BS-MS, IISER Berhampur (2025)*
Past Members
Ananya Banerjee
07/2023 - 07/2024
M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Kalyani, WB, India
Present: Doctoral Student at Friedrich Schiller Universitat and Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, EU
Vinay V
08/2023 - 01/2024
Integrated M.Sc., Biotechnology,
University of Pune (2023)
Present: Graduate Student at IISER Bhopal, India
Sagnik Mitra
08/2023 - 01/2024
Integrated M. Tech, Biotechnology (2023)
Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, India
Present: Research Associate
CSIR - IICB, Kolkata
Rittika Chatterjee
02/2023 - 07/2023
M.Sc Chemistry, IIT Guwahati
Present: Project Manager/Outreach Coordinator, Molecular Semiconductors Pvt.Ltd., Bengaluru
Lishel Pinto
10/2021 - 05/2022
BE, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India
Present: ME, Northeastern University, US
Soumyashree Sahoo
01/2022 - 05/2023
BS-MS (Major: Chemistry,
Minor: biology), IISc (2023)
Present: Graduate student, UT Austin, TX, US
Summer Interns
2024
Amit John - B.Tech in Biotechnology, IIT Madras
Avanika Shukla - BS-MS, IISER Mohali
2025
Smridhi Bhadra - NIT Warangal
Benito Paul- RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru