Student Details

Supervisors: 

Dr. Kiran Kondabagil (IIT Bombay), Dr. Sandip Kaledhonkar (IIT Bombay), and Dr. Fasseli Coulibaly (Monash University)

Short Bio and Project Details:

Lavanya Chaudhary joined the IITB Monash Research Academy in the July 2024 intake, under the supervision of Dr. Kiran Kondabagil (IIT Bombay), Dr. Sandip Kaledhonkar (IIT Bombay), and Dr. Fasseli Coulibaly (Monash University). 

She holds an integrated Bachelor and Master of Technology degree in Biotechnology from Gautam Buddha University, Greater NOIDA. She worked as a JRF in IIT Delhi for a few months.

Lavanya has joined us to work on structural studies of giant viruses. Her work involves studying giant viral proteins that remodel amoebal membranes and that are involved in viral life cycle. She will be learning closely how Cryo-EM works in elucidating protein and viral structures

This research marks a significant step toward understanding the link between traditional viruses and prokaryotes and eukaryotes.

She enjoys reading and walking to refresh herself in her free times.