Dr. Janeka Gartia
Assistant Professor
Dr. Janeka Gartia is a structural biologist with expertise in biomolecular Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for characterizing biomolecules at atomic resolution. He earned his Master’s degree in chemistry from IIT Delhi and his Ph.D from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Before joining KIIT School of Biotechnology as a faculty member in November, 2022, he was a postdoctoral fellow in cellular structural biology lab at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, for over two years.
Gartia’s lab employs NMR spectroscopy–a non-invasive, non-destructive and rigorously quantitative high-throughput technique for clinical metabolomics and natural product-based drug discovery, to profile biological samples (urine, blood, and other biofluids), identify disease biomarkers, and screen for active therapeutic compounds. In addition, The lab has a keen interest in developing NMR methodologies and computational workflows to advance metabolomic discovery.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
M.Sc (IIT Delhi), Ph.D (TIFR)
COURSE EXPERTISE
Spectroscopy, Principles of Biophysics, Structural Biology, Thermodynamics, Chemical Kinetics
RESEARCH INTERESTS
NMR-based Metabolomics Studies of Medicinal Plants
Administrative Responsibilities
Batch Coordinator for MSc, Member of Academic Lab Committee
Awards and Achievements
- Awarded travel support from DBT to attend 27th ICMRBS conference, held in Kyoto, Japan, 2016 (not availed).
- Awarded best poster award in “RSC symposium on Advances in chemical sciences”, 2015, held at TIFR Hyderabad, India.
- Qualified CSIR NET (2011, 2012), GATE (2012), BARC-2013, GS-2013.
- Chemistry B.Sc. batch topper in Gangadhar Meher (auto) College, Sambalpur University, 2010.
Outreach Activity
Organiser of Art of Giving Camp in Burla, 2023