Principal Investigator
Prof. Sandip Paul
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling (an ACS publication).
Received Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal for the Year 2022.
From May, 2017 to Present : Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati. From January, 2013 to April, 2017 : Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati. From June, 2008 to January, 2013 : Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati. From 2007 to 2008 : Post Doctoral Fellow (with Prof. Max Berkowitz, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA). From 2005 to 2007 : Post Doctoral Fellow (with Prof. Gren Patey, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada). Ph. D. (2006) : IIT Kanpur (Ph. D. Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Amalendu Chandra).
Ph.D Students
Rituparna Roy
M. Sc. : IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
Joined: : July 2017
Research Interests : Computational Biophysics
e-mail : ritup176122023@iitg.ac.in
Madhusmita Devi
M. Sc. : Gauhati University
Joined: : July 2018
Research Interests : Computational Biophysics
e-mail : madhusmi@iitg.ac.in
Aritra Mitra
M. Sc. : IIT Kharagpur
Joined: : July 2018
Research Interests : Computational Biophysics
e-mail : aritra18@iitg.ac.in
Rimjhim Moral
M. Sc. : Gauhati University
Joined: : July 2019
Research Interests : Computational Biophysics
e-mail : r.moral@iitg.ac.in
Group Alumni (Ph. D. Students)
Dr. Rahul Sarma
Thesis Title : Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study for Investigating the Role of Trimethylamine-N-Oxide in Stabilizing Protein Conformation.
Dr. Subrata Paul
Thesis Title : Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies on Counteraction of Temperature-Induced and Urea-Conferred Protein Denaturation by Trehalose Molecules.
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Assam University, Silchar, India.
Dr. Bhanita Sharma
Thesis Title : Computer Simulation Studies of the Association of Caffeine Molecules in Aqueous Solution and Its Role as an Inhibitor on Amyloid Aggregation.
Present Position: Pursuing Post Doctoral Research in Prof. Ken A. Dill's Group at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA.
Dr. Gargi Borgohain
Thesis Title : Effect of Confinement on Protein Conformation in Presence of Osmolytes Urea and Trimethylamine-N-Oxide: Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study.
Present Position: Working as an INSPIRE faculty at Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam, India.
Dr. Shubhadip Das
Thesis Title : Hydrotropic Action and Solubilization of Sparingly Soluble Drugs.
Present Position: Research Scientist, PharmCADD Co. Ltd.
Dr. Srijita Paul
Thesis Title : The Dual Role of Choline-O-sulfate on Chemical Denaturation of Proteins and Amyloid Aggregation: A Computational Study
Present Position: Pursuing Post Doctoral Research in Prof. Nico F. A. van der Vegt's Group at Technische University Darmstadt (TUD), Germany.
Krishna Gopal Chattaraj
Thesis Title : The Role of Aggregation of Melamine and Uric Acid in Kidney Stone Formation and its Inhibition by Small-Molecule Inhibitors in Solution and at the Solid-Liquid Interface: A Computational Approach.
Present Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.
Saikat Pal
Thesis Title : The Drug Binding Pathways and Conformational Deviation of G-Quadruplex DNA Under Different Chemical and Thermal Conditions: A Computational Study.
Present Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of New Hampshire, USA.
Rabindranath Paul
Thesis Title : A Computational Study on the Molecular Recognition in Water using Endo-functionalized Molecular Tubes and Uses of These Receptors as Drug Delivery Vehicles.
Present Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA.
Group Alumni (Project Students)
Diman Das
Project Student, Two year M. Sc., IIT Guwahati
Presently pursuing Ph. D. at IIT Kanpur
Nikhil Biyani
Project Student, B. Tech. CST, IIT Guwahati
Presently pursuing MS at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Akshay Mishra
Project Student, B. Tech. CST, IIT Guwahati
Presently doing job in IT.
Suman Das
Project Student, Two year M. Sc., IIT Guwahati
Presently pursuing Ph. D. in SNBCBS, Kolkata
Arpa Hudait
Project Student, Two year M. Sc., IIT Guwahati
Presently pursuing Ph. D. in University of Utah, USA
Nikhil Sharma
Project Student, B. Tech. CST, IIT Guwahati
Presently doing job in IT.
Shreyas Raman
Project Student, B. Tech. CST, IIT Guwahati
Presently doing job in IT.
Souvik Mondal
Project Student, Two year M. Sc., IIT Guwahati
Presently pursuing Ph. D. in IIT Kharagpur
Piyali Das
Project Student, Two year M. Sc., IIT Guwahati
Presently pursuing Ph. D. in SNBCBS, Kolkata