Namrata Deka

Namrata Deka.

Namrata Deka

Namrata Deka

BS ’16, Microbiology, Gargi College, University of Delhi, India
MS '18, Microbiology, Pondicherry University, India

Thesis Title

TBD

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