Priti S. Mohanty

Associate Professor

After finishing a Ph.D. in physics (Specialization: Soft Condensed Matter) in 2005 from IGCAR, Kalpakkam, Dr. Mohanty moved to Kyoto University, Japan as a Post-doctoral fellow. Then in the year of 2006, he moved to the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. Subsequently, he got selected in the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt (AVH) fellowship and then moved to RWTH Aachen University, Germany in 2007 and spent almost two years. After that, he again moved back to Switzerland (University of Fribourg) in 2009 under the SNF project. Later on, he worked as a Researcher at Lund University, Sweden for a few years. He joined KIIT university in 2014 July as a faculty member in the School of Biotechnology and later as joint faculty in newly opened school of chemical technology.

His teaching subjects: Physics and Nanobiotechnology to Integrated M.tech Biotechnology students.

Educational Qualification

MSc and M.Phil in Physics from University of Hyderabad and PhD in Physics from IGCAR, Kalpakkam

Course Expertise

Research Interests

Material Science and Biophysics

Administrative Responsibilities

  • Website maintenance in-charge of school of chemical technology
  • In-charge of physics lab, Mentoring students in tutor-mentor program

Awards and Achievements

  • DST-JSPS Cooperative Research for Indo-Japan collaboration (2018).
  • Fellowship from Swedish National Foundation, Sweden for carrying out research (2012)
  • Fellowship from Swiss National Foundation, Switzerland for carrying out research (2009)
  • Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Germany (2007).
  • Fellowship from Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan (2005)
  • Awarded JRF & SRF for carrying out Ph.D (1999).
  • Awarded National Scholarship in High School Certificate Examination (1990-1995).

Professional Membership

American Chemical Society

Projects & Collaborations

Sanctioned Projects: (As a Principal Investigator)

  • DBT, BIRAC (2015)
  • SERB, DST (2015)
  • CSIR (2016)
  • CEO, DBT (2018)
  • DST-JSPS (2018)

Outreach Activity

  • Sometimes giving popular scientific talks for undergraduate students
  • Mentoring students for their professional carriers
  • Involvement of students in mini-scientific activities.