Biophysics Group
Dr. Umakanta Tripathy
Associate Professor & Principal Investigator
Professional Experiences
Associate Professor: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. April 2021 - Till date.
Assistant Professor: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. December 2014 - April 2021.
Visiting Scientist: Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, January 2013 - April 2014
Casual Employee: Department of Physics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, September 2011 - August 2012.
Contact Details
Tel: +91-9471192489 (Mobile), +91-326-223-5180 (Office), +91-326-223-5171 (Home)
E-mail: utripathy@iitism.ac.in, tripathyu@gmail.com
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KEY PEOPLE
Dr. Manika Dandapat
Women Scientist-A
Research Interest: Monitoring the aggregation kinetics of Amyloid-beta and its inhibition.
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Ph.D. in Chemistry, 2011-2016, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
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Professional Research Assistant, 2017-2019, JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
E-mail: manika.dandapat@gmail.com
Dr. Mohd Mehkoom
Post Doctoral Fellow
Research Interest: High Energy Materials (organic, inorganic, and biomaterials) and their interaction with ultrashort pulses, Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and Nonlinear Optics, Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy, Time-Resolved Spectroscopy, Terahertz (THz) Spectroscopy, Surface Enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS), DFT Calculation, etc.
Research/Teaching Experience:​
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March 2024 - Cont.: Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India.
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Jan 2024 - March 2024: Assistant Professor (Contractual), Department of Physics, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, India.
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Sep 2022 - Dec 2024: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, J. S. University, Shikohabad, India.
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Ph.D. in Physics, 2017-2022, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
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Email: mehkoom@outlook.com, Mob: +91 9084689211​
Nitesh Kumar Pathak
PhD Scholar
Research Interest: Development of a sensitive tool to study the nonlinear properties of monoamine neurotransmitters.
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M.Sc in Physics, Vinoba Bhave University, Jharkhand, India.
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B.Sc in Physics, Vinoba Bhave University, Jharkhand, India.
E-mail: nitesh012.joy@gmail.com
Priyadarshi Sahoo
PhD Scholar
Research Interest: Nonlinear Optical tool for disease diagnosis.
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M.Sc in Physics, 2018, Fakir Mohan University, Odisha, India.
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B.Sc in Physics, 2014, Utkal University, Odisha, India.
E-mail: priyadarshisahoo123@gmail.com
Nandeshwar
PhD Scholar
Research Interest: Interaction study of protein-protein and protein-ligand using computational tools.
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M.Sc in Physics, Banaras Hindu University, U.P., India.
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B.Sc in Physics, Banaras Hindu University, U.P., India.
E-mail: nandeshwarbharti65@gmail.com
Smita Manjari Panda
PhD Scholar
Research Interest: Interaction study of protein-protein and protein-ligand using computational and spectroscopic tools.
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M.Sc in Physics, Dr B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Punjab, India.
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B.Sc in Physics, Sambalpur University, Odisha, India.
Ritu Rani
PhD Scholar
Research Interest: Nonlinear Optics.
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M.Sc in Physics, Gautam Buddha University, Delhi, India.
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B.Sc in Physics, Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
E-mail: ritu.0861rani@gmail.com
Tusar Kanti Rout
PhD Scholar
Research Interest: Biomolecular Interaction, Drug Discovery ,Molecular Docking and Molecular Dyamics Simulation.
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M.Sc in Physics, Jadavpur University , Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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B.Sc (Hons.) in Physics, BJB Autonomous College, Utkal University, Orissa, India.
E-mail: @gmail.com
M.Sc. students​
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Rahul ,(2023-2024)-Continuing.
B.Tech. students
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Patte Boya Eshwar Sai ,2023-2024
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Nahush Lele ,2023-2024