IISER Kolkata

Ishu Saraogi received her BSc in Chemistry from University of Calcutta, and a MS in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore working with Prof. T. N. Guru Row. In 2003, she moved to Yale University to pursue a PhD under the supervision of Prof. Andrew Hamilton focusing on the synthetic mimicry of protein secondary structures and their application in inhibiting protein-protein interactions. During her postdoctoral stint at Caltech with Prof. Shu-ou Shan, she worked on elucidating the molecular mechanisms of biomolecular interactions involved in protein transport. In 2013, Dr. Saraogi joined Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, where she and her group work on developing chemical tools to modulate biomolecular interactions. In particular, their research group focuses on the development of novel antibacterial and anti-amyloidogenic agents. She is a recipient of the Ramanujan Fellowship and POWER fellowship from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India. Their work was recently featured in the ChemBioTalents collection by ChemBioChem (Wiley). She also serves on the editorial advisory boards of ChemBioChem and ACS Chemical Health & Safety.

Dr. Dipti Gupta is working as a Professor at Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science (MEMS) department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India. She received her B-Tech from IIT Kanpur and continued her M-Tech and Ph.D. degree in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering in the same institute. Later she worked as a BK-21 Postdoctoral Fellow at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea and as an EPSRC Research Associate at Imperial College, London, U.K.. She also spent two years with Department of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea as BK Assistant Professor. Her research interests are in the area of Flexible and Stretchable electronics, Wearable sensors for application in healthcare and energy applications.   She is recipient of prestigious SERB Power Fellowship and also serves as Associate Editor of ACS Applied Electronic Materials. Currently, she is associated with Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) on IOT/IOE where she would be contributing towards Health-IOT, Sensors and Data Analysis. She is also associated with Center of Excellence in Nano electronics (CEN), IITB-Monash Research Academy (an initiative of IITB and Monash University), Wadhwani Research Center for Bioengineering (WRCB), National Center for Photovoltaic Research and Education (NCPRE), located at IIT Bombay, India. Her research activities are funded by competitive programs of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, The Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), Scientific and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Wadhwani foundation, Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Tata Center for Technology and Design (TCTD) etc.