Archana Ghatak
School of Computer Engineering
Faculty Profile

Archana Ghatak

Assistant Professor

Regular

Biography and academic profile

Dr. Archana Ghatak has five years of experience in teaching Enzymology and eight years of experience of teaching Metabolic Pathways in School of Biotechnology, KIIT deemed to be University. Alongside teaching she is also involved in research on biological adhesives, specially, biochemical characterization of adhesive mucus from gastropod mollusks. Her other field of research is purification and characterization non-structural proteins of Chikungunya virus.

Academic profile

Expertise, contributions
and professional engagement.

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Educational Qualifications

PhD

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Awards and Achievements

  • Visiting Research Associateship from Indiana University, USA, 2008
  • Research Associateship from CSIR, India, 2006 – 2008
  • Research Assistantship from the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, USA, 2000 – 2006
  • Department of Biotechnology of India Fellowship for M.Tech. in Biotechnology 1997 – 1999
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Projects and Collaborations

  • Isolation of adhesive mucus from snails collected from Eastern India and studies on their adhesive properties
  • Purification and Biochemical Characterization of the Non Structural Protein 3 (nsP3) of Chikungunya virus.
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