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Research themes
Research projects
The IITB-Monash Research Academy has an extensive range of research projects and PhD opportunities available
across the six research themes:
> Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
> Infrastructure engineering [1] [2]
> Clean energy
> Water
> Nanotechnology [1] [2]
> Biotechnology and stem cell research
Research
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PROJECT TITLE STATUS
Biotechnology and
stem cell research
IMURA0046 Prof K Hourigan
Prof T Sridhar
Prof M Thompson
Prof Jayesh Bellare
Dr Sarika Mehra
Dr Sameeer Jadhav
Modelling, design and optimization of novel
stem cell bioreactors
PhD
candidate currently on project: Priyanka Gupta
Biotechnology and
stem cell research
IMURA0033 Prof T Sridhar
Dr R Jagadeeshan
Dr P Sunthar Flow based micro-devices for DNA manipulation and analysis PhD
candidate currently on project: Sharadwata Pan
Biotechnology and
stem cell research
IMURA0084 Prof Ross L Coppel and Dr Brian M Cooke Dr Swati Patankar and Prof Dulal Panda Functional properties
and arrangement of apicomplexan tubulin and the action of anti-tubulin compounds as chemotherapeutic agents
PhD
candidate currently on project: Rimi Chakrabarti
Biotechnology and
stem cell research
IMURA0085 Paul Verma Prof Dulal Panda Generation and characterization of induced pluripotent cells (iPSCs)
and studying checkpoint mechanism in human somatic cells and iPSCs
PhD
candidate currently on project: Jubina Balan
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0087 Prof Ross Coppel Prof S Noronha Production of
recombinant proteins
in bacillus subtilis
PhD
candidate currently on project:
Gottimukalla Chitti Babu
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0089 Prabhakar Ranganathan, Dr Ravi Jagadeeshand Dr Rochish Thaokar and Dr P Sunthar Biomembrane hydrodynamics PhD
candidate currently on project:
Kavali Venkata Ramesh
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture
Biotechnology and
stem cell research
IMURA0099 Paul Verma Prof Dulal Panda Generation and characterization of cell cycle regulation of induced pluripotent cells (iPSCs) PhD
candidate currently on project:
Saroj Yadav
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0102 Assoc Prof Raman Singh Prof A S Khanna Nano-structured silane coatings for magnesium alloys in bio-medical
implant applications
PhD
candidate currently on project:
Swati Gaur
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0106 Dr Chen Chao Dr P S Gandhi Dynamics and control
of parallel robotic manipulator with end effector constraints
PhD
candidate currently on project:
Rupesh S Bobade Rupesh
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0132 Dr Paul Verma Prof Rinti Banerjee In situ gelling nano-particulate systems for tissue engineering using stem cells PhD
candidate currently on project:
Carvalho Edmund
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0134 A/Prof Hugh Blackburn A/Prof Amit Agrawal Instability and mixing enhancement of pulsed jet flows Candidate required
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0150 Dr Madhu Chetty Prof Pramod
Wangikar
Modeling and inference of gene regulatory network Candidate required
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0151 Dr Madhu Chetty Prof Pramod
Wangikar
Low resolution models
for ab initio protein folding prediction
Candidate required
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0160 Dr Dan Li Prof Dhirendra Bahadur Graphene-based ferromagnetic nanomaterials. PhD
candidate currently on project:
Swain Akshaya Kumar
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0166 Dr David Nisbet,
Dr John Forsythe
Dr Samir Maji Electrospinning of amyloids and their in vivo implantation for the treatment of Parkinson’s Disease Candidate required
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0167 Dr David Nisbet,
Dr John Forsythe
Dr Samir Maji An in vitro investigation of electrospun amyloid scaffolds and their influence on neural stem cell fate. Candidate required
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0197 Prof Patrick Sexton, Prof Arthur Christopoulos,
Dr John Simms
Prof Santosh Noronha Development of novel methods for prediction of transmembrane protein structure and drug binding PhD
candidate currently on project:
Arora Bhumika
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0190 Prof Qizhi Chen Prof Dhirendra Bahadur Dendrimer functionalized magnetic nano-particles as promising targeted delivery systems for gene and peptides PhD
candidate currently on project:
Saumya Nigam
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0198 Dr Nick Birbillis Prof A S Khanna Development of hydrophobic / hydrophilic coatings by sol-gel route using fatty acids modified nano materials. PhD
candidate currently on project:
Wankhede Ruchi
Grover
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0207 Dr David Nisbet,
Dr John Forsythe
Dr Samir Maji Engineering amyloid fibrils for nanotechnology and neuronal cell regeneration PhD
candidate currently on project:
Jyotsana Nidhi
Nanotechnology