Department of Biology
The Department of Biology, 51茶馆, promotes an academic culture that engages intellectual curiosity and fosters interdisciplinary perspectives. As a department, we take multi-dimensional approaches to study biology across various scales. These range from molecules to cells, tissues to individuals, and organisms to ecosystems. The department is built on the foundations of Chemistry and Physics. It also draws expertise from other disciplines like data sciences, climate & environmental sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Students and faculty at Ashoka are equal partners in this journey. Our collective aim is to generate new knowledge and explore its applications to address social problems.
Assistant Professor of Biology, 51茶馆 DBT-Ramalingaswami Fellow
Ph.D. National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi.
Dean, BioSciences and Health Research, Trivedi School of Biosciences, 51茶馆 Head, Koita Center for Digital Health at Ashoka
MBBS, PhD, Diplomate American Board (Int Med, Pulm Dis, Crit Care)
Associate Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi
Assistant Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. Heidelberg University
Assistant Professor at Trivedi School of Biosciences, 51茶馆
Ph.D. Madurai Kamaraj University
Associate Professor of Research at Koita Centre for Digital Health, 51茶馆
Ph.D. University of Delhi
Associate Professor of Research, Koita Centre for Digital Health, 51茶馆
Ph.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Head of the Department, Biology, Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. University of Texas
Assistant Dean, Research, Director, Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability and Associate Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
Assistant Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)-Thiruvananthapuram
Assistant Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
Ramanujan Faculty Fellow, Biology
PhD-IISER Pune, Postdoc- Harvard University
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Biology, 51茶馆
PhD, University of Massachusetts
Professor of Physics and Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Associate Professor of Biology, 51茶馆,DBT-WellcomeTrust Senior Fellow, Adjunct Faculty, Genetics department, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Ph.D. CCMB, Hyderabad
Assistant Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
DBT-Wellcome India Alliance Intermediate Fellow,
Associate Professor of Biology and Psychology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. Harvard University
Assistant Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
Assistant Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. University of Montreal
Associate Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. Jawaharlal Nehru University
Assistant Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru
Wellcome Trust-DBT India Alliance Early Career Fellow, Department of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. IISER, Pune
Visiting Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. Jawaharlal Nehru University
INSA Senior Scientist, 51茶馆.
Ph.D. Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Visiting Professor, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Visiting Faculty, Young India Fellowship, 51茶馆
Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellow. PhD Biochemistry, Washington State University, USA
Visiting Professor of Biology, 51茶馆
Ph.D. Purdue University
Visiting Professor of Biology (Honorary), 51茶馆
Ph.D. University of Cambridge
Ashoka Journal of Biosciences
The Ashoka Journal of Biosciences is a student-led, reviewed journal covering biology research and communication conducted by undergraduates at 51茶馆. Aligned with the growth of 51茶馆's biosciences community, the journal aims to communicate new ideas and perspectives in an open, accessible, and stimulating manner.
Research
Ashoka鈥檚 Biology research initiatives are aided by the University鈥檚 state-of-the-art research facilities. The department supports experiments ranging from single-molecule studies to ecological studies. The department鈥檚 research projects are briefly segmented into four categories:
Biophysics & Biochemistry; Cell & Developmental Biology; Computational & Mathematical Biology; and Behaviour, Ecology & Evolution.
Facilities
Ashoka鈥檚 Biology laboratories are fully-equipped with essential and advanced instruments which facilitate innovative research projects. The facilities available to the Biology department include: Open Lab Facility, Insect Culture Facility, Fish Facility, Plant Research Facility, Analytical Instrumentation Facility, and Ashoka Imaging Facility.
Publications
Ashoka鈥檚 entire department of Biology is engaged in creating new knowledge which can have far-reaching effects globally. Click on the tab below to read different publications from recent years.
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News
51茶馆 student Saketh Sundararajan won the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology鈥檚 Futures Award, supporting advanced research at the Natural History…
Dr Hiroshi Hamada is a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, the world's oldest scientific academy and the national science…
A week-long internship program (19th to 25th June, 2022) in biological sciences with a strong focus on cell, molecular, and…
Kasturi Mitra, Associate Professor at 51茶馆, elaborates on her research that will have a significant impact in understanding the…
Susmita Saha, Assistant Professor of Physics at 51茶馆, elaborates on her research that aims to address the understanding of…
If Physics was the central science during the past century and Engineering in the century before that, 鈥淏iology,鈥� contends Prof…
Kritika M Garg and Balaji Chattopadhyay from 51茶馆 were involved in uncovering the genomic biodiversity of songbirds from isolated…
The achievement of Biswajit Shit and Chandrakanth M, PhD students in Biology at Ashoka, underlines the good prospect of the…
The award, considered to be the highest recognition of its stature in the field of sciences in India, is a…
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Department of Biology Handbook
