CV

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General Information

Full Name Arijit Ghosh
Designation Visiting Fellow (Postdoctoral)
Affiliation National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Advisor Susan T. Harbison

Education

  • 2022
    Ph.D.
    Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, India
    • A Tale of Two Chronotypes - Behavioral and Genetic Characterization of Chronotype Divergence in Drosophila melanogaster
  • 2011 - 2016
    Integrated BSc-Msc
    National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, India
    • Life Sciences, with focus on bioinformatics and cell biology

Experience

  • 2022 - Now
    Visiting postdoctoral fellow
    Laboratory of Systems Genetics, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
    • Developed hidden Markov model based frameworks to classify fly sleep into distinct states
    • Developed algorithms to extract circadian time series parameters from large datasets
    • Conducted multiple genome wide association studies of circadian clock and sleep related traits in the Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel
    • Contributed to a book chapter on “The genetics of sleep in Drosophila”, and currently writing multiple research articles on original research work
  • 2016 - 2022
    Graduate research fellow
    Chronobiology and Behavioral Neurogenetics Laboratory, Neuroscience Unit, JNCASR
    • Conducted original research on classical chronobiology, sleep, and population genomics of circadian phases and published research articles
    • Published open source apps for high throughout automated analysis of circadian rhythms and sleep
    • Contributed to organizing multiple academic conference and science outreach activities on and off campus
  • 2014 - 2016
    Masters dissertation research fellow
    Goswami Lab, School of Biological Sciences, NISER
    • Established primary bone cell, immune cell, and stem cell cultures in the lab
    • Established novel molecular dynamics simulation routines in the lab
    • Established novel histological and imaging-focused assays in the lab for bone tissue engineering
    • Worked collaboratively with other lab members on different bioinformatics projects

Honors and Awards

  • 2025
    • Sleep and Circadian Science Scholar Award from the Sleep Research Society
  • 2024
    • LEnfant Postdoctoral Fellowship from NHLBI
    • SRBR Merit Award from the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms
    • Best oral presentation at the Johns Hopkins Sleep and Circadian Research Day from the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • 2020
    • SRBR Merit Award from the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms