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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] [6] [7]
> 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 K Hourigan
T Sridhar
M Thompson
Jayesh Bellare
Sarika Mehra
Sameeer Jadhav
Modelling, design and optimization of novel
stem cell bioreactors
PhD
candidate currently on project: Priyanka Gupta
Biotechnology and
stem cell research
IMURA0033 T Sridhar
R Jagadeeshan
P Sunthar Flow based micro-devices for DNA manipulation and analysis PhD
candidate currently on project: Sharadwata Pan
Biotechnology and
stem cell research
IMURA0084 Ross L Coppel,
Brian M Cooke
Swati Patankar,
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 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 Ross Coppel 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,
Ravi Jagadeeshand
Rochish Thaokar,
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 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 Raman Singh 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 Chen Chao P S Gandhi Dynamics and control
of parallel robotic manipulator with end effector constraints
PhD
candidate currently on project:
Rupesh S Bobade
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0132 Paul Verma 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 Hugh Blackburn Amit Agrawal Instability and mixing enhancement of pulsed jet flows Candidate required
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0150 Madhu Chetty Pramod Wangikar Modeling and inference of gene regulatory network PhD
candidate currently on project:
Ajay Nair
Advanced computational engineering, simulation and manufacture
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0151 Madhu Chetty 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 Dan Li Dhirendra Bahadur Graphene-based ferromagnetic nanomaterials. PhD
candidate currently on project:
Swain Akshaya Kumar
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0166 David Nisbet,
John Forsythe
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 David Nisbet,
John Forsythe
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 Patrick Sexton,
Arthur Christopoulos,
John Simms
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 Qizhi Chen 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 Nick Birbillis 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 David Nisbet,
John Forsythe
Samir Maji Engineering amyloid fibrils for nanotechnology and neuronal cell regeneration Candidate required
Nanotechnology
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0221
(A)
Sankar Bhattacharya,
Lian Zhang,
Jie Zhang
ndrew Hoadley

Also includes
external supervisor from Orica
Anuradda Ganesh, Sanjay Mahajani



Also includes
external supervisor from Orica
Techno-economic evaluations of coal and biomass pyrolysis with carbon capture for syngas feedstock to ammonia production PhD
candidate currently on project:
Pratham Arora
Infrastructure engineering
Clean energy
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0221
(B)
Sankar Bhattacharya,
Lian Zhang,
Jie Zhang
Andrew Hoadley

Also includes
external supervisor from Orica
Anuradda Ganesh, Sanjay Mahajani



Also includes
external supervisor from Orica
Techno-economic evaluations of coal and biomass pyrolysis with carbon capture for syngas feedstock to ammonia production PhD
candidate currently on project:
Ishan
Sharma
Infrastructure engineering
Clean energy
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0241 Milton Hearn,
Reinhard Boysen
Ruchi Anand,
Sarika Mehra
Investigation of butyrolactone like small molecules in regulation of antibiotic production in streptomyces PhD
candidate currently on project:
Bhukya Hussain
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0272 Ross Coppel Suvarn Kulkarni Synthetic carbohydrate antigens as potent immunomodulators Candidate required
Biotechnology and stem cell research IMURA0277 Samuel Adeloju Prakash C Ghosh Designing and optimization of bio-electrochemical energy conversion system Candidate required
Clean energy