Shubhendu Palei

Shubhendu Palei's research group at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is seeking highly motivated PhD students to work at the interface of chemical biology , cyclic peptide drug discovery , and epigenetics . The opening offers an opportunity to pursue research on chemically driven approaches to biological questions, with a particular focus on cyclic peptides and their potential in drug discovery. Students may engage with interdisciplinary problems connecting peptide chemistry, molecular recognition, therapeutic design, and epigenetic biology. The research will be conducted in the academic environment of IIT Kharagpur under the supervision of Assistant Professor and DBT-RLS Fellow Shubhendu Palei. The group’s work is suited to students interested in developing expertise across chemical biology and biomedical research while contributing to new approaches for understanding and targeting biological processes.