2026 Leadership Team
Name : Swarnalok De
Role / Portfolio : Webinar
Institution : Aalto University
Name : Dipanwita Das
Role / Portfolio : Social Media, Graphics, Podcast
Institution : University of Nebraska Medical Center
Name : Anisa Ghosh
Role / Portfolio : Podcast, Social Media, Website
Institution : University of California, Santa Cruz
Name : Jithesh Vijayan
Role / Portfolio : Podcast
Institution : Formerly University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Name : Amrita Singh
Role / Portfolio : Podcast, Social Media
Institution : Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria)
Name : Chintan Bhavsar
Role / Portfolio : Newsletter
Institution : The University of Queensland
Name : Paramita Sarkar
Role / Portfolio : Editor for Blogs & Newsletters, Media and Outreach
Institution : NIH
Name : Bikramaditya Mandal, Ph.D.
Role / Portfolio : Website, Video Editing, Tech Support
Institution : University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Name : Nilotpal Chakraborty
Role / Portfolio : Newsletter, Website
Institution : Virginia Tech
Name : Amal Vijay
Role / Portfolio : Graphics
Institution : Forschungszentrum Jülich
Name : Chandani Singh
Role / Portfolio : Graphics, Social Media
Institution : RI.SE Processum, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
Name : Malavika JM
Role / Portfolio : Graphics, Social Media
Institution : PhD Student, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Name : Pankaj Pandey
Role / Portfolio : —
Institution : Postdoctoral Research Associate, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Name : Satya Surabhi
Role / Portfolio : —
Institution : Research Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Name : Sukrampal
Role / Portfolio : Graphics, Newsletter
Institution : Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Name : Kotra Haridutt
Role / Portfolio : —
Institution : B.E. UnderGrad, Osmania University
Name : Darshan Shanthaveerappa Tuppad
Role / Portfolio : IBS Collaboration, Outreach
Institution : Grants Officer, Office of Research Grants, Indian Institute of Science
Name : Rohit Kapila
Role / Portfolio : —
Institution : Postdoctoral Researcher, Florida International University
Name : Tumpa Mahanty
Role / Portfolio : Social Media Team
Institution : PhD Student, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Name : Amitava Chandra
Role / Portfolio : —
Institution : Associate Scientist, Aragen Life Sciences
Name : Rayavarapu Padmavathi
Role / Portfolio : Graphics, Social Media & Communication
Institution : Drexel University
Name : Chetna Dhembla
Role / Portfolio : —
Institution : Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University
Name : Jyotsna Kalathera
Role / Portfolio : —
Institution : PhD Student, IISc, Bangalore
Name : Kalyani Aswale
Role / Portfolio : Podcast
Institution : PhD from BRIC-NIAB, Hyderabad
Name : Nikita Mundhara
Role / Portfolio : Podcast
Institution : Scientist, Thermo Fisher
Name : Avishek Sarbajna
Role / Portfolio : Webinar, Podcast
Institution : Postdoc, DTU
Name : Arpit Kumar Pradhan
Role / Portfolio : —
Institution : Michigan Pioneer Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Michigan
Name : Satya Brat Tiwari
Role / Portfolio : Funding, Networking
Institution : Postdoc, Johns Hopkins University
Name : Swetha Thiyagarajan
Role / Portfolio : Social Media, Networking
Institution : Ex-employee, BioMarin Pharmaceuticals Inc
Name : Anvita Kulshrestha
Role / Portfolio : Webinar, Website
Institution : PhD Candidate, Duke University