Our Team | FGCSL Lab - People & Researchers

Principal Investigator

Dr. Vishal Acharya
PI

Dr. Vishal Acharya

Principal Scientist & Principal Investigator

Functional Genomics & Computational Systems Laboratory

CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur

Research Interests

  • Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
  • Functional Genomics
  • Systems Biology
  • Machine Learning in Biology
  • Drug Discovery & Design

Present Team Members

Current researchers and team members working in our laboratory

Dipali Bhatia
PhD

Dipali Bhatia

PhD Student

dipalibhatia101@gmail.com

Expertise

Plant Bioinformatics Machine Learning

Dipali Bhatia

Research Focus

Applying machine learning techniques to plant bioinformatics problems, including gene expression analysis and pathway prediction.

Education

Pursuing PhD in Bioinformatics at CSIR-IHBT

Publications

Research papers in preparation on machine learning applications in plant genomics.

Jatin Kaushik
PhD

Jatin Kaushik

PhD Student

kaushik.jatin.7827@gmail.com

Expertise

AI in Drug Discovery Computational Genomics

Jatin Kaushik

Research Focus

Developing AI models for drug discovery and computational genomics applications.

Education

Pursuing PhD in Computational Biology at CSIR-IHBT

Publications

Working on AI-based drug discovery methodologies.

Aakarshan Rehan
Startup

Aakarshan Rehan

CM Startup Incubatee

aakarshanplp@gmail.com

Expertise

AI for Stroke Detection Medical AI

Aakarshan Rehan

Research Focus

Developing AI-based applications for stroke detection and neurological care.

Incubation

Chief Minister's Startup Incubatee

Kritika Sharma
PhD

Kritika Sharma

PhD Student

sharmakritu617@gmail.com

Expertise

AI in Imaging Plant Stomata

Kritika Sharma

Research Focus

Applying AI techniques to plant imaging, particularly for stomatal pore analysis.

Education

Pursuing PhD in Computational Biology at CSIR-IHBT

Publications

Research in AI applications for plant imaging techniques.

Goldie Kumar
Lab Staff

Goldie Kumar

Lab Attendant

kumargoldie82@gmail.com

Role

Lab Management Support Staff

Goldie Kumar

Responsibilities

Provides essential support for laboratory operations, maintenance, and management.

Position

Lab Attendant - Backbone of laboratory operations

Alumni

Our accomplished alumni who have contributed significantly to our research

Former PhD Students

Er. Ruhika Sharma
PhD

Er. Ruhika Sharma

PhD Student

er.ruhikasharma@gmail.com

Expertise

AI Imaging Medical Imaging

Graduated
Nymphaea Arora
PhD

Nymphaea Arora

PhD Student

nymphaea.arora@gmail.com

Expertise

Drug Discovery RNA-Seq Systems Biology

Graduated
Ekjot Kaur
PhD

Ekjot Kaur

PhD Student

matharuekjot@gmail.com

Expertise

Evolutionary Analysis Genome Assembly Host-Pathogen

Graduated
Ravi Kumar
PhD

Ravi Kumar

PhD Student (Defended 2026)

ravisaroch@gmail.com

Expertise

Systems Biology Machine Learning Graph Neural Networks

Defended
Dr. Neeraj Kumar
PhD

Dr. Neeraj Kumar

PhD Student (Defended 2023)

Senior Project Associate

Expertise

Cheminformatics Machine Learning Structural Bioinformatics

Graduated
Dr. Meetal Sharma
PhD

Dr. Meetal Sharma

PhD Student (Defended 2023)

Postdoc Fellow, The Lipton Lab, Scripps Research

Expertise

Cancer Biology RNA-seq Network Analysis

Graduated
Dr. N.V Tirpude
PhD

Dr. N.V Tirpude (M.Vsc.)

PhD Student (Defended 2021)

Senior Scientist, CSIR-IHBT, Palampur

Expertise

Respiratory Disorders Drug Discovery Animal Models

Graduated
Dr. Vinay Randhawa
PhD

Dr. Vinay Randhawa

PhD Student (Defended 2016)

Postdoc, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

Expertise

Computational Biology Bioinformatics Phylogenetics

Graduated
Dr. Preeti Arya
PhD

Dr. Preeti Arya

PhD Student (Defended 2017)

Faculty, Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University

Expertise

Plant Genomics Gene Family Analysis Evolutionary Biology

Graduated

Former Software Programmers

Abhishek Khatri
MCA

Abhishek Khatri

Master in Computer Application (MCA)

khatriabhi2319@gmail.com

Expertise

Database Dev BASH Scripting Big Data

Graduated
Kanika Chauhan
PA

Kanika Chauhan

Project Associate

ckanika389@gmail.com

Expertise

AI Imaging AI Genomics

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