Dr. Gaurav Ahuja
Associate Professor (Computational Biology)
PhD (2015), University of Cologne, Germany
Gaurav is an Associate Professor at the Department of Computational Biology at IIIT-Delhi. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Cologne, Germany, with a Ph.D. in Natural Sciences. He is a Chemical Biologist with vast experience in Cheminformatics and High-throughput screening assays. Gaurav carried out his Post Doctoral work at several renowned institutes, including the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, the Max Planck Institute for Ageing, and the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore. His lab at IIIT-Delhi utilizes a hybrid and interdisciplinary approach combining Artificial Intelligence (AI), Chemistry, and Biology. Further, his laboratory also develops high-throughput in vivo assays for the functional validation of the AI-predictions. The ultimate goal of his laboratory is to uncover the functional importance of endogenous metabolites, in development, health, and diseases. Within few years of its inception, his laboratory contributed to establishing the functional link between the chemical and biological world of the cell. Gaurav is a recipient of the prestigious Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship from DBT, Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young scientist Award, and Discovery Track Investigator (IIITD). He is also a member of the International Chemical Biology Society.
Current Position
- Associate Professor at the Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi). (July, 2019 onwards)
Previous Positions
- Assistant Professor at the Department of Computational Biology, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology-Delhi (IIIT-Delhi). (July, 2019 to June, 2022)
- Senior Research Fellow (Senior Post Doc) in the Laboratory of Prof. Philip W. Ingham at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Singapore. (2019)
- Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Laboratory of Dr. Leo Kurian at the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne and guest scientist at Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany (2016-2019)
- Postdoctoral Fellow (Postdoctoral adviser: Prof. Sigrun Korsching), Institute for Genetics, University at Cologne, Cologne, Germany (2015 – 2016)
- Ph.D. Student (Thesis advisor: Prof. Sigrun Korsching), Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany (2010 – 2015)
