Dr. Karthik Subramaniam Pushpavanam
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar
Dr. Karthik Subramaniam Pushpavanam is a chemical engineer by training with expertise in designing and engineering nanomaterials and proteins. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Gandhinagar.
Karthik earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Arizona State University (ASU) in March of 2019 under the mentorship of Dr. Kaushal Rege. He then went on as a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with Dr. Michael Strano in the Chemical Engineering Department. He completed his postdoctoral training with Dr. Francois Baneyx in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Washington (UW).

Meet the Team

Post Doctoral Fellow
Saranraj Krishnan
PhD - Chemistry
Madurai Kamaraj University

Post Doctoral Fellow
Koppisetty Viswa Chaithanya
PhD - Biotechnology
IIT Madras

Doctoral Scholar
Tanu Tiwari
B.Tech Biochemical Engineering
University School of Chemical Technology, Delhi

Doctoral Scholar
Aishwarya Satyanarayana
B.Tech Biotechnology
Institute of Advanced Research,
Gandhinagar

Doctoral Scholar
Manisha Ojha
MSc. Biotechnology
Ranchi University

Doctoral Scholar
Aniruddha Kambekar
MTech Chemical Engineering
IIT Gandhinagar

Doctoral Scholar
Sanjana Lahiri
MSc. Biophysics and Molecular biology
University of Calcutta

Doctoral Scholar
Dhwani Gupta
MTech Bioprocess Technology
ICT Mumbai

M.Tech Student
Janvi M. Khandelwal
B.Tech Chemical Engineering
University Institute of Chemical Technology, Jalgaon

M.Tech Student
Neeraj Gupta
B.Tech Biotechnology
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut

M.Tech Student
Kasturi Kalita
B.Tech Chemical Engineering
Assam Engineering College

B. Tech Student
Aditya Mehta
Department of Chemical Engineering

B. Tech Student
Adwaith P
Department of Chemical Engineering

Junior Research Fellow
Sivaprasad
BS-MS
IISER Pune

MSc Thesis Project Student
Pujan P Kansara
MSc Cell & Molecular Biology
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

B. Tech Student
Abhishek S Shinde
B.Tech in Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Research Intern
Garima H Mishra
B.Tech in Biotechnology
Pandit Deendayal Energy University

B. Tech Student
Aftab Surani
B.Tech in Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar
Alumni
Post Doctoral Fellow -
Dr. Yashwant Kumar
Current Affiliation: Cygenica Ltd
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) -
Krishna Agarwal
Current Affiliation: Research Scientist II, Advanced Enzymes Technology Ltd.
MTech -
1) Vishwas Reddy Akavaram
Current Affiliation: PhD, Viriginia Tech, USA
2) Tridib Das
3) Asish Das
4) Sachin S Pujeri
BTech -
1) Shreevadsa A M
Current Affiliation: PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, USA
2) Manas Kawal
Current Affiliation: PhD, Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA
PGDIIT -
Hrishitha Sree S
Junior Research Fellow -
1) Vignesh N
2) Namrata Priyadarshinee
Current Affiliation: PhD, University of Bristol, UK
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