Principal Investigator & Project Director
Overall mission coordination and institutional leadership at BRIC-ILS Bhubaneswar.
Institute ProfileCo-Principal Investigators
Additional Co-PIs on the Deep Ocean Mission team
Microbiology Group
Isolation and identification of marine bacteria; exploring potential in probiotics, plant growth, industrial enzymes, and petroleum degradation.
Genomics & Metagenomics Group
Generating multi-OMIC resources for exploring biodiversity; next-generation sequencing for WGS, metagenomics; identification of deep-sea microbial biodiversity.
Bioprospecting Group
Extraction of metabolites from marine microorganisms; identification of novel compounds using HRMS; screening for anti-cancer, anti-viral, anti-malarial, and anti-inflammatory characteristics.
Metabolomics Group
Obtaining bio-active compounds via preparative isolation and metabolite fingerprinting; meta-barcoding and mass spectrometry for metabolites and proteins.
Bioinformatics Group
Development of AI/ML-based high throughput approaches for network pharmacology; development of metabolite knowledge base.
Research Fellows & Staff
Project Manager (1)
Project Scientist III (1)
Project Scientist II (5)
Project Scientist I (9)
Senior Research Fellow (10)
Senior Project Associate (4)
Project Associate (3)
Technician (14)
Alumni
Former team members who contributed to the Deep Ocean Mission programme.
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