Faculty
Associate Professor
Prof. Sunita Srivastava holds an Associate Professorship in the Physics Department at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Prof. Srivastava obtained her doctoral degree in Physics from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in the year 2010. Prior to joining IIT Bombay in 2016, she held a postdoctoral research position at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Maryland (2014-2016). She worked as research associate at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University from 2010-2014. Prof. Srivastava's research interests lies in exploration of the structure-property correlations in soft matter systems, with focus on colloidal systems, self-assembly phenomena, and the fundamental behavior of lipid membranes.
Current Members
IPDF (May 2025)
Dr. Vandana Kumari
Education: Ph.D., IIT Delhi (2025)
Interest: Hydrogel, biomaterial, nanomaterial, drug delivery system, antimicrobial
Research Scholar (July 2018), Research Associate (July 2025 - August 2025)
Anuj Chhabra
Education: M.Tech in Nanoscience and Technology, Delhi Technological University (2018)Â
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Interest: My work deals with understanding the role of different salt environments on the DNA chain morphology. My expertise include Small Angle X-ray Scattering to understand the behaviour of DNA chain interactions with different salts.
Research Scholar (Jan 2019)
Akash Mishra
Education: M.Tech in Nanoscience and Technology, UTD, RGPV, Bhopal (2018)
Interest: Self-assembly and Viscoelastic behavior of 2D films at air/water interface.
Research Scholar (July 2019), Research Associate (July 2025)
Education: M.Sc. Physics, St. Xavier's College Kolkata (2017)
Interest: Formation and characterization of self-assembled structures, studying nanosacle interaction in air-liquid/liquid-liquid interfaces
Research Scholar (July 2019)
Irfan
Education: M.Sc. Physics, University of Delhi (2018)
Interest: Structure and properties of composite hydrogel is investigated using various techniques (SANS, SAXS, Rheology etc). Composite hydrogel with suitable properties are utilized in applications of drug delivery, strain sensors, Water purification etc.
Research Scholar (Jan 2021)
Vaisakh N P
Education: M.Sc. Physics, NIT Calicut (2019)
Interest: I work on the evaporation induced self-assembly of Plasmonic nanoparticles forming ordered structures by tuning particle-substrate interactions.
Research Scholar (Jan 2023)
Divya Jindal
Education: M.Tech Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (2022)
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Interest: Nanoaparticle-Biomembrane Interaction, Nanocarrier system-based approach for effective drug delivery
Research Scholar (Jan 2023)
Urba Afnan
Education: M.S. Nanotechnology, University of Kashmir (2021)
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Interest: Controllable evaporative assembly of nanomaterials for photonics and plasmonics
Research Scholar (July 2024)
Uma K B
Education: M.Sc. Physics, Central University of Karnataka (2023)
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Interest: Understanding mechanism of nanoparticle - membrane interactions and how nanoparticle interacts with lipid bilayers and affects the membrane stability, permeability and functionality.
Research Scholar (July 2024)
Gayathri Madhavankutty
Education: M.Sc. Physics, Central University of Karnataka (2023)
Interest: Self - assembly of amphiphilic molecules and their interaction with nanoparticle at the air - water interface
Project Staff (March 2025)
Anagha Umesh Menon
Education: M.Sc. Physics, VIT Vellore (2024)
Interest: Photothermal therapy
