AJAY TIJORE, PhD
Assistant Professor
Ajay completed his doctoral degree at NTU Singapore in stem cell bioengineering. He then worked with Prof. Michael Sheetz at the Mechanobiology Institute, NUS, as a postdoc. In Nov 2021, Ajay joined the IISc, where his Mechanobiologics Lab works on investigating the effect of mechanical forces on cancer cell growth and in regulating stem cell fate using custom-built microfluidic devices and micro/nanoscale biomaterials.
PhD Students
Alka Kumari
Joining year: Jan 2022
Degree: M.Sc. (JNU, New Delhi)
Project: Role of in vivo confinement on mechanical force-induced cancer cell killing.
S Manasa Veena
Joining year: Aug 2022
Degree: M.Sc. (IIT Roorkee)
Project: Effect of in vivo nano ligand spacing on mechanical force-induced cancer cell killing.
Rashmita Luha
Joining year: Jan 2023
Degree: M.Sc. (Central Uni of Punjab)
Project: Investigating effect of ultrasound treatment on primary oral tumor cell survival
Siddhesh Saigaonkar
Joining year: Aug 2024
Degree: M.Tech (IIT Kharagpur)
Project: Ultrasound-mediated mechanical stimulation for stem cell osteogenesis
Gomathi Sankar
Joining year: Aug 2024
Degree: B.Tech. (SASTRA University)
Project: Studying effect of ultrasound treatment on cancer-associated fibroblast survival
Suseel Mathusoothanan
MTech student
Aarya Sreedevi
Krupashankar B
Project Staff
Akshay Kumar (jointly with Prof. Rudra Pratap, CeNSE, IISc)
Joining year: Aug 2022
Project: Development of customized ultrasound mechanostimulation devices for biomedical applications
