Namrata Deka, PhD '26

Namrata Deka.

Namrata Deka, PhD '26

Namrata Deka, PhD '26

BS ’16, Microbiology, Gargi College, University of Delhi, India
PhD '26, Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo
MS '18, Microbiology, Pondicherry University, India
Research Publications Overview

Awards/Honors

  • Best Talk Award – JSMBS Research Day, 2024
  • NETER Award Finalist and Second Prize Talk Winner – 35th Annual Buffalo Conference on Microbial Pathogenesis, 20252018: Recipient of Taiwan Education Experience Program@ASIA Fellowship. 
  • 2018: Gold Medalist for the graduating class of 2018, Department of Microbiology, Pondicherry University, India. 
  • 2017: Recipient of INSA Summer Research Fellowship 2017 for early-start research opportunity, India.

Graduate School Activities

  • Founder and Organizer- The Microbial Code: A Bioinformatics Initiative. It is a student-driven bioinformatics upskilling club held biweekly that bridges wet-lab and computational biology, teaching essential tools, fostering peer learning, and supporting members’ own research and career goals.
  • International Student Consultant, PPBS Ambassador program 
  • Vice President, GSA Micro Club 
  • GEM Science Ambassador 
  • Tutor, Buffalo Elementary School of Technology, Buffalo 
  • Student member, DEI Committee, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Extracurricular Interests

Rowing a crew 8, Baking, Scriptwriting and Cinematography, Hiking