Team
The people behind the Hub
A core team of computational biologists and AI scientists trained at India's top research institutes (IISc, NCBS, TIFR), with over 30 years of cumulative industry experience.
Who you'd work with day to day
One team across AI, the wet lab and applied research.
Saurabh Mahajan
Director, CoE for Life Sciences, AU | Founder, Translatale Biosystems
PhD, NCBS-TIFR
Praphul Chandra
Director, CoE for AI, AU | Dean (Research), AU
Founder, KoinEarth | PhD, IISc
Dhruti Patwardhan
AI Biologist | Assistant Professor, AU
ex-nference | PhD, IISc
Soham Chaudhuri
AI Biologist | Assistant Professor, AU
ex-TIFR-H | PhD, IIIT Hyderabad
Nandana
Software / AI Engineer
BTech (Digital Transformations), Atria University
Bapi Mandal
CoE Strain Engineering and Translation | Ajdunct Faculty
General Manager, Strain Engineering Division, CRISPRBits
Radha Shivaramaiah
Lead, MiniMines–AU Lab | Assistant Professor, AU
Material Chemist | ex-Saint Gobain | ex-UC, Davis
Dr. Upasana Mohapatra
Plant Biologist | Assistant Professor, AU
Plant biologist | PhD, GKVK
Atria University's Life Sciences faculty
Faculty in Atria University's Department of Life Sciences who collaborate with the Hub across research areas.
Dr. Abhishek Sinha
Associate Professor, Life Sciences
Molecular & cell biology
Dr. Asha Velayudhan Nair
Associate Professor, Life Sciences
AMR, drug discovery
Dr. Balamurali G. S
Associate Professor, Life Sciences
Ecology and Insect Behavior
Dr. Kristi Kabyashree
Assistant Professor, Life Sciences
Ralstonia plant pathology / AMR microbiology
Careers
Want to work with this team?
We're growing the group — through Atria's MS-by-Research and PhD programmes, and as scientists on the team.