Department of
Biology

Regular Faculty

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  Anjan Banerjee

  Professor, Dean (Research and Development), and Rahul Bajaj Chair Professor

  Plant developmental biology, Micro RNA (miRNA) and gene regulation, Long distance signalling and plant-pathogen interaction

  akb@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Aurnab Ghose

  Professor

  Neurobiology

  aurnab@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Chaitanya Athale

  Professor

  Self-organization and cell morphogenesis

  cathale@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Collins Assisi

  Assistant Professor

  Information processing by neuronal networks

  collins@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Deepak Barua

  Associate Professor and Deputy Chair, Biology

  Plant physiology, physiological ecology and evolutionary ecology

  dbarua@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Gayathri Pananghat

  Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Curriculum and Scheduling)

  Structural Biology of Cytoskeletal Systems

  gayathri@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Girish Ratnaparkhi

  Professor

  Gene regulation, innate immunity, embryonic development, drosophilia

  girish@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Jayant B. Udgaonkar

  Professor

  Study of protein folding, unfolding and aggregation using tools of protein engineering and physical biochemistry

  jayant@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Kalika Prasad

  Professor

  Stem cell, regeneration and patterning in plants

  kalika.prasad@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Krishanpal Karmodiya

  Associate Professor

  Epigenetics and Transcriptional Control in Plasmodium

  krish@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Kundan Sengupta

  Professor and Associate Dean (International Relations and Outreach)

  Chromosome biology in development and disease

  kunsen@iiserpune.ac.in
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  L. S. Shashidhara

  Professor (Currently on Deputation to NCBS Bengaluru)

  Evolution of appendage forms, functional genomics, drug discovery

  ls.shashidhara@iiserpune.ac.in
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  M. S. Madhusudhan

  Professor

  Bioinformatics and Structure

  madhusudhan@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Mayurika Lahiri

  Associate Professor

  DNA damage and cell cycle, 3D studies of breast cancer progression

  mayurika.lahiri@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Mridula Nambiar

  Assistant Professor

  Meiotic recombination and chromosomal segregation in yeast and mammals

  mridula@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Nagaraj Balasubramanian

  Professor and Dean (Student and Campus Activities)

  Cell Biology: cell adhesion, trafficking, cell migration and growth

  nagaraj@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Nishad Matange

  Assistant Professor

  Evolution and Genetics of Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria

  nishad@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Nixon M. Abraham

  Associate Professor

  Neural circuits and behaviour; Olfaction

  nabraham@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Pranay Goel

  Associate Professor

  Mathematical biology: physiology and type 2 diabetes. Data science and predictive modeling for healthcare and precision (personalized) medicine

  pgoel@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Raghav Rajan

  Assistant Professor

  Neural mechanisms underlying movement initiation in songbirds

  raghav@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Rajesh Gokhale

  Professor (currently on deputation to Department of Biotechnology, Government of India)

  rajesh.gokhale@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Ramana Athreya

  Associate Professor

  Active galaxies, galaxy cluster radio sources, high redshift Universe, imaging techniques; Biodiversity research & conservation

  rathreya@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Richa Rikhy

  Professor and Chair, Biology

  Cell Biology of development and differentiation: Membrane trafficking and polarity

  richa@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Sagar Pandit

  Assistant Professor

  Chemical and molecular ecology of multitrophic interactions involving plant, herbivore and its natural enemies

  sagar@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Saikrishnan Kayarat

  Professor

  Structural biology

  saikrishnan@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Siddhesh S. Kamat

  Associate Professor

  Chemical biology, metabolomics, chemoproteomics, lipid metabolism, protein biochemistry

  siddhesh@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Sudha Rajamani

  Professor

  Origins of life

  srajamani@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Suhita Nadkarni

  Associate Professor

  Biophysical models of synaptic plasticity in health and disease

  suhita@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Sunish Kumar Radhakrishnan

  Associate Professor

  Cell Cycle Control and Differentiation in Bacteria, Antimicrobial Resistance

  sunish@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Sutirth Dey

  Professor

  Population dynamics, life-history evolution, simulations, Drosophila melanogaster

  s.dey@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Thomas Pucadyil

  Professor

  Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vesicular Transport

  pucadyil@iiserpune.ac.in