Aditya Mittal

Aditya Mittal [email protected] Aditya Mittal Kusuma School of Biological Sciences Home Address: Block IA, Rm 304 30 New Campus, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India. India. Tel: +91-11-26591052 Tel: +91-11-26591530 e-mail: [email protected] www: http://web.iitd.ac.in/~amittal

RESEARCH INTERESTS - Kinetics and self-assembly in biological systems

EDUCATION

1997 - 2002 Ph. D. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA 1992 - 1996 B. Tech. Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI), (Biochemical Engineering) Kanpur, UP, India

EMPLOYMENT

2012 - present Professor, School of Biological Sciences, IIT Delhi, India. 2008 - 2012 Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences (12/2008 – 12/2012), Centre for Biomedical Engineering (08/2008 – 11/2008), Dept. of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology (08/2008), IIT Delhi, India. 2004 - 2008 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, IIT Delhi, India. 2002 - 2004 Visiting Fellow, Section on Membrane Biology, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biophysics, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. 1998 - 2002 Teaching/Research Assistant, Dept. of Biology, Drexel University. 1996 - 1997 Brewer/Management Trainee, Breweries Division, Shaw Wallace and Co. Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

DISTINCTIVE CONTRIBUTIONS / HONORS

2017 - 2018 Chairman JEE (Advanced) IIT Delhi 2018 – Organizing team member of the first Computer-Based-Test for undergraduate (UG) admissions to 23 IITs. 2016 - 2018 In-charge IIT PAL (Professor Assisted Learning) Biology – led, mentored and/or managed faculty from IITs and the Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) system towards successfully creating and broadcasting a series of lectures covering complete contents of NCERT Biology for classes XI and XII in a first-of-its-kind collaboration of KVs and IITs, as member of the initiating faculty team for IIT PAL, Swayam Prabha, MHRD, Govt. of India. 2015 Teaching Excellence Award, IIT Delhi. 2013 Established a state-of-the-art Under-Graduate (UG) biology laboratory in the new Lecture-Hall-Complex at IIT Delhi – led a team of faculty to design the laboratory, procure and install the relevant equipment and make the laboratory fully operational. 2008 Selected as a founding faculty member for the School of Biological Sciences at IIT Delhi – member of team for initiating academic activities and procurement of funds for research infrastructure; Key academic activities included (a) development of a core course “Introductory Biology for Engineers” (with lecture and laboratory) for the UG curriculum of IIT Delhi academic year 2013- 2014 onwards, and, (b) introduction of a minor area specialization in biological sciences for all UG students at IIT Delhi. 2007 - 2011 Four cover illustrations in peer-reviewed academic journals. 2005 Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences USA.

1 Aditya Mittal [email protected] ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC HONORS 2019 Higher Academic/Administrative Grade, IIT Delhi. 2019 Guest of Honor, Macmillan Budding Scientist Award, powered by Springer Nature, hosted by Macmillan Education India, March 2, 2019. 2018 Delivered “Introduction to Biology” – a top-viewed lecture on YouTubeIN in 2018 amongst all IIT PAL lectures (for Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics). 2017 Mittal et al., 2010 (J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 28:133-142) indexed by Web of Science with a rank of 415 out of 235487 articles published between 2010 to 2014 in the category Biochemistry Molecular Biology. 2016 Chairman, Selection Committee for Commonwealth Fellowships UK – Biotechnology, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India. 2015 Selection panel Chair, United States – India Educational Foundation (USIEF) for Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral and Professional Research Fellowships. 2014 American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) International Travel Award (USD 1500 – to doctoral candidate Suneyna Bansal at IIT Delhi) for presenting "On the symbiotic origins of eukaryotic plasma membranes" by Bansal and Mittal at the 2014 ASCB/IFCB Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, USA, from December 6-10, 2014. 2012 Guest Editor, J. Biosci. (Indian Academy of Sciences, India and Springer). 2011, 2015, 2019 Co-Chair with Bengt Norden (Chairman – Chemistry Nobel Committee 2001-2004), Session on “Proteins-I: New in Dynamics & Folding” in Albany 2011: Conversation 17 (June 14-18, 2011); Chair for session on “Enzymes: Design and Dynamics” in Albany 2015: Conversation 19 (June 9-13, 2015); Chair for session on “Antibiotics” in Albany 2019: Conversation 20 (June 11-15, 2019) at SUNY Albany, USA. 2010 - present Editorial Board member, J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn.. (Taylor and Francis, UK). 2008 - 2013 Outstanding Young Faculty Fellow, IIT Delhi. 2008 Thesis Supervisor of BOSS Award recipient Mr. Vivek Hasija, IIT Delhi for “Best M. Tech. thesis work in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology”. 2007 - 2009 Asian Editor, J. Biomed. Nanotechnol. (American Scientific Publishers, USA). 2007 Thesis Supervisor of BOSS Award recipient Miss. Megha Sharma, IIT Delhi. 2005 - 2009 Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India. 2001 Best Graduate Poster Award, Drexel and MCP Hahnemann Universities. 2000 Best Graduate Poster Award, Sigma Xi Scientific Society, Philadelphia. 1997 Dean’s Fellow, Drexel University. 1997 Nominee, Govt. of India for Commonwealth Scholarships in UK. 1993 Academic Merit Scholarship, HBTI Kanpur. 1992 Merit Certificate for top score (Mathematics) in the AISSCE at the national level. 1989, 1990 Merit Certificates in the Indian Mathematics Olympiads.

OTHER HONORS 2006 - 2014 Gold medalist: Badminton (2008) & Chess (2009), Silver medalist: Badminton (2007, 2013, 2014), Bronze medalist: Badminton (2006, 2009, 2012) - Inter-IIT staff sports meets. 2006 “Asia 21 Young Leader”, Asia Society, NY, USA. 2006 “India’s Young Blood” in Cover Feature, Chemical & Engineering News, (American Chemical Society). 2005 Invited Participant, Indo-US Frontiers of Science symposium: US National Academy of Sciences & Indo-US Science and Technology Forum. 2004 Co-Chair (with Kimberly Paul), Sub-Committee (Education) On Postdoctoral Training (SCOPT), ASCB, USA (elected in 2003 Annual Meeting). 2001 Pennsylvania State Collegiate Chess Champion (Team: Drexel University). 2001 4th Place: Liberty Bell Open Chess Tournament (U1600), Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2000 2nd Place, Pennsylvania State Scholastic Chess Championships (Team: Drexel University) 1993 - 1994 Cultural Secretary (WCH-II), HBTI Kanpur. 1986 Diploma in Indian Classical Music (instrumental: Tabla), Prayag Sangeet Samiti.

2 Aditya Mittal [email protected] EXTRAMURAL POSITIONS AND SERVICES 2020 Member of Jury, Macmillan Budding Scientist Award, powered by Springer Nature, hosted by Macmillan Education India, 29th February, 2020. 2019, 2020 Member, Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Interviews Committee. 2019 Judge, MindSpar 2.0 - Meeting New Challenges – Sri Venkateswara College, DU. 2019 Mentor/Resource person, India Science Media Fellowship 2019 – a joint venture of the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance (India Alliance) and Nature India. 2018 - 2020 Subject expert of Board of Studies (PG) Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. 2017-2018 Member of team representing (and successfully defending by preparing & filing affidavits and/or with court appearances) the UG entrance examination for admission into the IIT system in the (a) Hon’ble Supreme Court of India (1 case in 2017) and (b) Hon’ble High Courts (1 case in 2017, 15 cases in 2018) in Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Aurangabad, Chandigarh, Delhi, Jaipur, Madras and Patna. 2017 - 2018 Member, JEE Apex Board – Joint Entrance Examination (Main) Unit, CBSE. 2017 - 2018 Member, Committee of JEE Apex Board for Normalization of Marks in JEE (Main). 2017 Member, Faculty screening committee, Dept. of Biotechnology, AIIMS New Delhi. 2016 - 2018 Initiating Faculty – IIT PAL (Professor Assisted Learning), Swayam Prabha, MHRD, Govt. of India (2016: Subject and Channel Coordinator Biology – Ch19; 2017: Channel Coordinator – Ch19). 2016 Member, Faculty selection committee, Dept. of Tech., S. Phule Pune University. 2015 - present Member (as “Eminent in Education”), Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV) Management Committee, KV JNU Campus, Delhi. 2015 - 2016 Scientific Advisor, Novo Informatics Pvt. Ltd. 2009, 2012, Member (2009)/Reviewer (2012, 2013), United States – India Educational 2013 Foundation (USIEF) for Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral and Professional Research Fellowships. 2010 - 2015 Member, Board of Mentors, Innovative Ideators, Indore. 2008 - 2009 Member, Board of Mentors, Sanghvi Institute of Management and Science, Indore, India. 2007 - 2009 Director (Advisory), Honorary, Appin Knowledge Solutions, New Delhi, India. 2006 - 2008 National review committee member, USIEF for International Fulbright Science and Technology Award for Outstanding Foreign Students. 2004 - present Ad-hoc reviewer: FASEB J., Eur. J. Biophys., J. Am. Chem. Soc., Mol. Membr. Biol., J. Biosci., J. Biomed. Nanotechnol., J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol., Chem. Eng. Sci., Chem. Eng. J., Curr. Sci., Microbiol. Res., J. Biol. Eng., Appl. Phys. Lett., Geomicrobiology J., Sci. Rep., ANR - the French National Research Agency. KEY POSITIONS AND SERVICES AT IIT DELHI 2021 - House Master, Karakoram Hostel. 2017 - 2018 Chairman JEE (Advanced) – 2018. 2016 - 2017 Vice-Chairman JEE (Advanced) – 2017. 2014 - 2016 Associate Dean, Student Affairs (Events). 2013, 2014 Chairman, TRYST (annual science & technology student festival). 2010 - 2012 President, Board for Recreational and Creative Activities (BRCA). 2009 - 2011 Member, Golden Jubilee Committee. 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014 Contingent Leader, IIT Delhi team for the inter-IIT staff sports meets. 2007 - 2010 Vice-President, BRCA. 2005 - 2008 Coordinator, National Cadet Corps (NCC). 2005 - 2011 Coordinator/Organizing member for International and National conferences & workshops (e.g. CHEMCON – 2005, Intl. Conf. on Nanosci. & Tech. – 2006, InCoB – 2006, IASc Annual Meeting – 2008, Laser Spectroscopy and Nanophotonics – 2008, Nucleic Acids in Disease and Disorders – 2011). 2004 - present Member of the teams conducting (a) IIT entrance examination (JEE up to 2012; JEE (Advanced) 2013 onwards), (b) GATE, JAM operations.

3 Aditya Mittal [email protected] EXTRAMURAL RESEARCH FUNDING

Years Funding Agency Amount (INR) PI/Co-PI 2020-2025 DBT, Govt. of India 21419424 PI 2012-2022 Kusuma Trust UK 216466007 PI (2017-2022), Co-PI (2012-2016) 2020 Macmillan Publishers India Pvt. Ltd. 442500 PI 2019-2022 CDAC India, MeitY, Govt. of India 18390000 PI with B. Jayaram 2013-2021 DBT, Govt. of India 55550726 PI (2020-2021) 2013 Hira Group, Raipur, India 450000 PI, PI: T.R.Sreekrishnan 2011-2014 DST, Govt. of India 4033700 Co-PI, PI: Sanat Mohanty 2008-2012 DBT - Swiss Agency for Dev. and Coop. 6153045 Co-PI, PI: Vikram Sahai 2008-2010 Lock Heed Martin Corporation, USA 1680000 Co-PI, PI: Subhash Chand 2007-2011 DBT, Govt. of India 4088200 PI 2007-2010 CSIR, Govt. of India 1300513 PI 2007-2010 DBT, Govt. of India 3268000 Co-PI, PI: P.K.Roychoudhary 2006-2007 M/s. GENOM Biotech. Pvt. Ltd., Nasik, India 1036000 Co-PI, PI: Subhash Chand 2005-2006 Planning Unit, IIT Delhi, India 500000 PI 2005-2008 DST, Govt. of India 1134000 PI 2004-2006 IRD Unit, IIT Delhi, India 100000 PI

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION/MEMBERSHIP • American Society for Cell Biology (USA) – Member since 2001 • Biophysical Society (USA) – Member since 2001 • Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (India) – Life member since 2004 • The Asia Society (USA) – Asia 21 Young Leader 2006

TEACHING

2009 - present Instructor, School of Biological Sciences, IIT Delhi: (Semester 1. Introductory Biology for Engineers (SBL100) System) 2. Modern Biology for Engineers (SBL101) 3. Introduction to Practical Modern Biology (SBP200) 4. Biometry (SBL701) 5. Advanced Cell Biology (SBL703; co-taught) 6. Biological Membranes (SBV882) 7. Current Topics in Computational Biology (SBV887) 2004 - 2009 Instructor, Dept. of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, IIT Delhi: (Semester 1. Enzyme Engineering and Technology (BEL403; co-taught 2004-2009) System) 2. Bioprocess Calculations (BEL102; 2006-2009) 3. Bionanotechnology (BEL721; co-taught 2004-2008) 4. Membrane Applications in Bioprocessing (BEL416; co-taught 2004-2007) 5. Current Topics (BEL719; co-taught 2006-2008) 6. Physical and Chemical Properties of Biomolecules (BEL311; 2007-2008) 7. Design of Bioprocesses (BEP303; 2004-2005) 8. Transport Processes – II (CHL204; 2005-2006) 1998 - 2002 TA, Dept. of Biology (formerly Bioscience & Biotechnology), Drexel University: (Quarter System) 1. Chemical and Biological Foundations for Engineers (CBFE III) – Honors Sections, Instructor: Prof. Donald McEachron 2. Applied Biology, Instructor: Prof. Donald McEachron 3. Human Physiology (I and II), Instructor: Prof. Donald McEachron 4. Biochemistry (I and II), Instructor: Prof. Joe Bentz 5. Comparative Physiology, Instructor: Prof. Michael O’ Connor

4 Aditya Mittal [email protected] PUBLICATIONS

Research Articles (reverse chronological, indexed peer-reviewed journals only, 4 cover illustrations) 1. Mittal, A., A. M. Changani and S. Taparia. 2021. Unique and exclusive peptide signatures directly identify intrinsically disordered proteins from sequences without structural information. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 39: 2885-2893. 2. Mittal, A., A. M. Changani, S. Taparia, D. Goel, A. Parihar and I. Singh. 2021. Structural disorder originates beyond narrow stoichiometric margins of amino acids in naturally occurring folded proteins. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 39: 2364-2375. 3. Mittal, A., A. M. Changani and S. Taparia. 2020. What limits the primary sequence space of natural proteins? J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 38: 4579-4583. 4. Singh, S., N. Ponnappan, A. Verma and A. Mittal. 2019. Osmotic tolerance of avian erythrocytes to complete hemolysis in solute free water. Sci. Rep. 9: 7976 (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-44487-7). 5. Mittal, A. and S. Singh. 2018. Insights into eukaryotic evolution from transmembrane domain lengths. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 36: 2194–2200. 6. Sharma, A., S. Sharma, A. Mittal and S. N. Naik. 2016. Evidence for the involvement of nematocidal toxins of Purpureocillium lilacinum 6029 cultured on Karanja deoiled cake liquid medium. World J. Microb. Biot. 32:82 (doi: 10.1007/s11274-016-2038-z). 7. Singh, S. and A. Mittal. 2016. Transmembrane domain lengths serve as signatures of organismal complexity and viral transport mechanisms. Sci. Rep. 6: 22352 (doi: 10.1038/srep22352). 8. Bansal, S. and A. Mittal. 2015. A statistical anomaly indicates symbiotic origins of eukaryotic membranes. Mol. Biol. Cell 26: 1238-1248. 9. Mishra, A., P. S. Rana, A. Mittal and B. Jayaram. 2014. D2N: Distance to the native. BBA-Proteins Proteom. 1844: 1798-1807. 10. Sharma, A., S. Sharma, A. Mittal and S. N. Naik. 2014. Statistical optimization of growth media for Paecilomyces lilacinus 6029 using non-edible oilcakes. Ann. Microbiol. 64: 515-520. 11. Mittal, A. and C. Acharya. 2013. Protein folding: Is it simply surface to volume minimization? J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 31: 953-955. 12. Bansal, S. and A. Mittal. 2013. Extracting curvature preferences of lipids assembled in flat bilayers shows possible kinetic windows for genesis of bilayer asymmetry and domain formation in biological membranes. J. Membrane Biol. 246: 557-570. 13. Mishra, A., S. Rao, A. Mittal and B. Jayaram. 2013. Capturing native/native like structures with a physico-chemical metric (pcSM) in protein folding. BBA-Proteins Proteom. 1834: 1520-1531. 14. Mittal, A. and C. Acharya. 2012. Extracting signatures of spatial organization for biomolecular nanostructures. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 12: 8249-8257. 15. Kohli, S., Y. Singh, K. Sharma, A. Mittal, N. Z. Ehtesham and S. E. Hasnain. 2012. Comparative genomic and proteomic analyses of PE/PPE multigene family of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and H37Ra reveal novel and interesting differences with implications in virulence. Nucleic Acids Res. 40: 7113-7122. 16. Mittal, A. and B. Jayaram. 2012. A possible molecular metric for biological evolvability. J. Biosci. 37: 573-577. 17. Naresh, M., S. Das, P. Mishra and A. Mittal. 2012. The chemical formula of a magnetotactic bacterium. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 109: 1205-1216. 18. Mittal, A. 2012. Self-generated and reproducible dynamics in “gene years” represent life. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 29: 609-611. 19. Naresh, M., M. Sharma and A. Mittal. 2011. Intracellular magneto-spatial organization of magnetic organelles inside intact bacterial cells. J. Biomed. Nanotechnol. 7: 572-577. 20. Mittal, A.* and B. Jayaram*. 2011. The newest view on protein folding: Stoichiometric and spatial unity in structural and functional diversity. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 28: 669-674. (*equal contribution, corresponding authors) 21. Mittal, A.* and B. Jayaram*. 2011. Backbones of folded proteins reveal novel invariant amino acid neighborhoods. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 28: 443-454. (Cover Illustration). (*equal contribution, corresponding authors) 22. Mittal, A.*, B. Jayaram*, S. R. Shenoy and T. S. Bawa. 2010. A stoichiometry driven universal spatial organization of backbones of folded proteins: Are there Chargaff’s rules for protein folding? J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 28:133-142. (Cover Illustration). (*equal contribution, corresponding authors)

5 Aditya Mittal [email protected] 23. Taneja, N. K., S. Dhingra, A. Mittal, M. Naresh and J. S. Tyagi. 2010. Mycobacterium tuberculosis transcriptional adaptation, growth arrest and dormancy phenotype development is triggered by vitamin C. PLoS One 5(5): e10860 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010860). 24. Naresh, M.*, V. Hasija, M. Sharma and A. Mittal*. 2010. Synthesis of cellular organelles containing nano-magnets stunts growth of magnetotactic bacteria. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 10: 4135-4144. (Cover Illustration). (*equal contribution) 25. Mittal, A. and R. Grover. 2010. Self-assembly of biological membranes into 200-400 nm aqueous compartments. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 10: 3085-3090. 26. Naresh, M., K. Gopinadhan, S. Sekhar, P. Juneja, M. Sharma and A. Mittal. 2009. NSOM/HRTEM characterization of biologically derived cubo-octahedral nano-magnets. IEEE T. Magn. 45: 4861-4864. 27. Gupta, R., P. Mishra and A. Mittal. 2009. Enhancing nucleic acid detection sensitivity of Propidium Iodide by a three nanometer interaction inside cells and in solutions. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 9: 2607– 2615. 28. Gupta, V., K. Saharan, L. Kumar, R. Gupta, V. Sahai and A. Mittal. 2008. Spectrophotometric ferric ion biosensor from Pseudomonas fluorescens culture. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 100: 284-296. 29. Gupta, V., R. Gupta, R. Grover, R. Khanna, V. Jangra and A. Mittal. 2008. Delivery of molecules to cancer cells using liposomes from bacterial cultures. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 8: 2328–2333. 30. Sharma, M., V. Hasija, M. Naresh and A. Mittal. 2008. Functional control by codon bias in magnetic bacteria. J. Biomed. Nanotechnol. 4: 44-51. Covered as Research Highlight titled "Magnetic charm in the genes" in Nature India (www.nature.com/nindia), doi:10.1038/nindia.2008.138 (10 March 2008). 31. Arora, S., V. Bhat and A. Mittal. 2007. Correlating single cell motility with population growth dynamics for flagellated bacteria. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 97: 1644-1649. 32. Gattegno, T.*, A. Mittal*, C. Valansi, K. C. Q. Nguyen, D. H. Hall, L. V. Chernomordik and B. Podbilewicz. 2007. Genetic control of fusion pore expansion in the epidermis of Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol. Biol. Cell (Cover Illustration) 18: 1153-1166. (*equal contribution) 33. Sharma, M., M. Naresh and A. Mittal. 2007. Morphological changes in magnetotactic bacteria in presence of magnetic fields. J. Biomed. Nanotechnol. 3: 75–80. 34. Gupta, R., M. Sharma and A. Mittal. 2006. Effects of membrane tension on nanopropeller driven bacterial motion. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 6: 3854-3862. 35. Zaitseva, E., A. Mittal, D.E. Griffin and L. V. Chernomordik. 2005. Class II fusion protein of alphaviruses drives membrane fusion through the same pathway as class I proteins. J. Cell Biol. 169: 167-177. 36. Tran, T. T., A. Mittal, T. M. Aldinger, J. W. Polli, A. D. Ayrton, H. Ellens, and J.Bentz. 2005. The elementary mass action rate constants of P-gp transport for a confluent monolayer of MDCKII-hMDR1 cells. Biophys. J. 88: 715-738. 37. Leikina, E., A. Mittal, M. Cho, K. Melikov, M. M. Kozlov and L. V. Chernomordik. 2004. Influenza hemagglutinins outside of the contact zone are necessary for fusion pore expansion. J. Biol. Chem. 279: 26526–26532. 38. Tran, T. T., A. Mittal, T. Gales, B. Maleef, J. Kratz, E. Yang, T. Aldinger, P. Gorycki, J. W. Polli, A. Ayrton, H. Ellens and J. Bentz. 2004. Exact kinetic analysis of passive transport across a polarized confluent MDCK cell monolayer modeled as a single barrier. J. Pharma. Sci. 93: 2108-2123. 39. Mittal, A., E. Leikina, L. V. Chernomordik and J. Bentz. 2003. Kinetically differentiating influenza hemagglutinin fusion and hemifusion machines. Biophys. J. 85: 1713-24. 40. Bentz, J. and A. Mittal. 2003. Architecture of the influenza hemagglutinin membrane fusion site. BBA- Biomembranes 1614: 24-35. 41. Mittal, A., T. Shangguan and J. Bentz. 2002. Measuring pKa of activation and pKi of inactivation for influenza hemagglutinin from the kinetics of membrane fusion. Biophys. J. 83: 2652-2666. 42. Mittal, A., E. Leikina, J. Bentz and L.V. Chernomordik. 2002. Kinetics of influenza hemagglutinin mediated membrane fusion as a function of technique. Anal. Biochem. 303: 145-152. 43. Bradley J. C., S. Babu, B. Carroll and A. Mittal. 2002. A study of spatially coupled bipolar electrochemistry on the sub-micrometer scale: colloidal particles on surfaces and cylinders in nuclear-track etched membranes. J. Electroanal. Chem. 522: 75-85. 44. Mittal, A. and J. Bentz. 2001. Comprehensive kinetic analysis of influenza hemagglutinin-mediated membrane fusion: Role of sialate binding. Biophys. J. 81: 1521-1535. 45. Bradley J. C., S. Babu, A. Mittal, P. Ndungu, B. Carroll, and B. Samuel. 2001. Pulsed bipolar electrodeposition of palladium onto graphite powder. J. Electrochem. Soc. 148: C647-651.

6 Aditya Mittal [email protected] 46. Bentz, J. and A. Mittal. 2000. Deployment of membrane fusion protein domains during fusion. Cell Biol. Intl. 24: 819-838.

Invited Articles and Book Contributions (reverse chronological) 47. Mittal, A., S. Bansal and A. M. Changani.2020. Chapter titled “On the Origin of Life and Evolution of Living Systems from a World of Biological Membranes” in Evolutionary Biology—A Transdisciplinary Approach, Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Editor: P. Pontarotti, pp 169-201. 48. Jayaram, B., A. Mittal, A. Mishra, C. Acharya and G. Khandelwal. 2013. Chapter titled “Universalities in Protein Tertiary Structures: Some New Concepts” in Biomolecular forms and functions, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore, Editors: M. Bansal and N. Srinivasan, pp 210-219. 49. Bansal, M., B. Jayaram and A. Mittal. 2012. Editorial titled “Nucleic Acids in Disease and Disorder – Understanding the language of life emerging from the ‘ABC’ of DNA”, J. Biosci., Vol. 37(3): 375-378. 50. Mittal, A., M. Naresh and V. Hasija. 2011. Chapter titled “Biological Synthesis of Metallic Nanocrystals and Bio-Imprinting” in the Encyclopedia of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Vol. 12: 17-26, Editor: H. S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers. 51. Mittal, A., V. Hasija, V. Bhat, S. Arora, M. Sharma and R. Gupta. 2011. Chapter titled “Bacterial Nanopropellers” in the Encyclopedia of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Vol. 11: 439-448, Editor: H. S. Nalwa, American Scientific Publishers. 52. Mittal, A. 2009. Commentary titled "Pay commission will 'degrade' IIT faculty", Nature India, doi:10.1038/nindia.2009.278. 53. Mittal, A. 2009. Commentary titled "Michael Jackson and science", Nature India, doi:10.1038/nindia.2009.165. 54. Mittal, A. 2009. Book review for “Protocells: Bridging Nonliving and Living Matter” by Rasmussen et al. (eds). MIT Press, 55, Hayward Street, Cambridge, MA 02142. 2009. 684 pp. Curr. Sci. 96(11): 1530- 1532. 55. Mittal, A. 2008. Commentary titled "Women are from Venus, are magnetic bacteria from Mars?" Nature India, doi:10.1038/nindia.2008.216. 56. Mittal, A. 2008. Chapter titled “Enzymes” in the e-book Microbial Physiology and Biochemistry, National Science Digital Library (NDSL), the National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India. 57. Mittal, A. 2008. Chapter titled “Nanotechnology in Biological Sciences” in InnoativeIndia Rises: 244- 246, Editor: L. K. Sharma, Medialand London. 58. Mittal, A. and J. Bentz. 2004. Chapter titled "Viral Fusion Mechanisms" in The Structure of Biological Membranes, 2nd edition: 511-528, Editor: P. Yeagle, CRC Press.

Books and Edited Volumes 1. Bansal, M., B. Jayaram and A. Mittal. 2012. Guest Editors: Special issue on Nucleic acids in disease and disorder, J. Biosci., Vol. 37(3): 375-577, Indian Academy of Sciences and Springer, pp. 202.

PATENTS AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER 1. Sharma, S., S. N. Naik, A. Mittal, N. Sabir and A. Sharma. A composition for enhancement of pathogenicity of Paecilomyces lilacinus and uses thereof. Patent No. IN201303590I1 (App. No. 3590/DEL/2013 filed 10/12/2013; published 12/06/2015). 2. Sharma A., S. Sharma, S. N. Naik, N. Sabir and A. Mittal. A composition for enhancement of pathogenicity of Paecilomyces lilacinus – Technology transferred (through license agreement by FITT, IIT Delhi dated 30th June 2017) to Care Pro Bioscience Private Limited, I-59, U.P.S.I.D.C., Surajpur Site V, Kasna, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh – 201308.

MISCELLANEOUS 1. A. Mittal. 2021. ‘Project-based learning: a possible path towards controlling “educonomic” inflation. Economic Times – ET Edge Insights, Jan 1 (https://etinsights.et-edge.com/project-based-learning- controlling-educonomic-inflation/).

7 Aditya Mittal [email protected] 2. A. Mittal. 2016. ‘Tis the season - Of viral fevers, chikungunya, dengue, brain fevers, even diabetes? Nature India | Indigenus 16 Sep 2016 | 09:29 BST (http://blogs.nature.com/indigenus/2016/09/tis-the- season-of-dengue-chikungunya.html). 3. A. Mittal. 2011. Signatures of spatial organizations – From the universe of proteins to the universe in general. Nature Precedings, doi:10.1038/npre.2011.6038.1.

RESEARCH SUPERVISION

Post-Doctoral Fellows 1. Dr. (Ms.) Garmia Mathur (2009-2010) – Kinetic modeling of enzymatic reactions. 2. Dr. (Ms.) Manisha Priyam (2017-2018) – Role of viral infections in triggering Type 1 diabetes. 3. Dr. (Ms.) Prachi Verma (2019-2021) – Regulation of insulin secretion by Min-6 cells.

THESIS

Doctoral: Ongoing 1. Assembly of biological membranes (Ms. Akanksha Chauhan). 2. In vitro models for insulin secretion (Mr. Tapabrata Pramanik). 3. Analytical investigations on protein structures (Ms. Pragya). 4. Effects of exogenous peptides on insulin secretion by Min-6 cells (Ms. Firdos). Doctoral: Completed 5. Assessing diagnostic approaches with clinical data on Human Immunodeficiency Virus infected Tuberculosis patients at National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India. (2017, Dr. (Ms.) Upasna Agarwal, MD). 6. Extraction of unbiased and universal signatures from three-dimensional structures of naturally occurring soluble proteins. (2017, Ms. Chanchal Acharya). 7. Deriving functional signatures of membrane proteins from their transmembrane domains. (2017, Ms. Snigdha Singh). 8. Development of scoring functions for predicting protein structures and functions. (2016, Mr. Avinash Mishra, jointly supervised by B. Jayaram). 9. Functional assembly of biological membranes: A structural approach. (2016, Ms. Suneyna Bansal). 10. Production and characterization of bacterial nano-magnets. (2011, Mr. Mohit Naresh). 11. Probing molecular interactions of PLGA particles with cell membranes for the delivery of pharmaceuticals. (2009, Ms. Roohi Gupta).

M. S. (Biological Sciences) 1. Transport across biological membranes (Ongoing, Ms. Rachita Sharma, jointly supervised by Tapan K. Nayak). 2. Stoichiometric considerations in biological systems: From water transactions in operation of the central dogma to proportional distribution of peptide-bonded amino acids in primary sequences of proteins (completed 2019, Mr. Anandkumar M. Changani).

M. Sc. (Chemistry) 1. FRET Based Experimental Investigation of Solute Structure in Aqueous Solution. (2010, Ms. Vrinda Khetarpal). 2. Biological self-assembly. (2009, Ms. Aditi Gupta). 3. Kinetics of F1 ATPase: Is this “Splendid Molecular Machine” really an enzyme? (2005, Mr. Srikanth Iyer).

M. Tech. (Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology) 1. Characterizing the biological membranes of magnetotactic bacteria. (2009, Ms. Preeti Shrimal). 2. Studies on cultivation of magnetotactic bacteria. (2008, Mr. Vivek Hasija, BOSS Award for Best experimental M. Tech. work in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology). 3. Experimental studies on engineering of liposomal preparations. (2008, Mr. Rahul Grover). 8 Aditya Mittal [email protected] 4. Delivery of molecules to cancer cells using liposomes. (2007, Ms. Vibhuti Gupta). 5. Microbial nanomagnetite production. (2007, Miss. Megha Sharma, BOSS Award for Best experimental M. Tech. work in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology). 6. Studies on Fluorescent iron-biosensor development. (2007, Mr. Varun Gupta). 7. Building a peptide library using enzymatic hydrolysis of some naturally available proteins (2007, Ms. Rashi Goyal). 8. Characterization of entrapment efficiency of liposomes. (2007, Mr. Rajat Khanna). 9. Theoretical Analysis of Molecular Shapes of Lipids for Engineering Liposomes. (2006, Mr. Vikas Bansal). 10. Encapsulation studies on biodegradable polymer (PLGA) particles. (2006, Mr. Shubhendu Pathak).

Selected UG research alumni from the group 1. Ishan Singh (2022, B. Tech., Comp. Sc.) 2. Deepanshu Goel (2022, B. Tech., Biochemical Engg. & Biotechnol.) 3. Animesh Parihar (2022, B. Tech., Biochemical Engg. & Biotechnol.) 4. Sakshi Taparia (2021, B. Tech., Mathematics & Computing Science) 5. Ashesh (2013, B. Tech., Comp. Sc.) 6. Saurabh Anand (2013, B. Tech., Comp. Sc.) 7. Anshul Jain (2013, Int. M. Tech., Mathematics and Computing) 8. Harvineet Singh (2013, Int. M. Tech., Mathematics and Computing) 9. Deepak Vasisht (2012, B. Tech., Comp. Sc.) 10. Mohit Kumar (2012, B. Tech., Electrical Engg.) 11. Ankit Tomar (2011, B. Tech., Comp. Sc.) 12. Ankur Dahiya (2011, B. Tech., Comp. Sc.) 13. Swapnil Jain (2011, B. Tech., Comp. Sc.) 14. Deepak Menon (2009, B. Tech., Biotech., Amity) 15. Sucheta Arora (2009, B.Tech, M. Tech., Biochemical Engg. & Biotechnol.) 16. Vidya Bhat (2009, B.Tech, M. Tech., Biochemical Engg. & Biotechnol.) 17. Anshul Rana (2009, B.Tech, M. Tech., Biochemical Engg. & Biotechnol.)

INVITED LECTURES & REFEREED CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS (No invitations accepted for extramural and non-curricular lectures/talks in 2017 and 2018 due to other professional commitments; No invitations accepted for extramural and non-curricular lectures/talks from March 2020 to January 2022 due to the pandemic situation in India)

1. A. Mittal. 2020. Invited lecture: Stoichiometric constraints in primary sequences of natural proteins. International Symposium “Accelerating Biology 2020: SNiPs to SPiNs”, C-DAC, Pune, February 4-6. 2. A. Mittal. 2019. Invited lecture: On the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, Akira Yoshino for the development of lithium-ion batteries. Symposium “The 2019 Nobel Prizes: What got them the world's most prestigious award” held on November 25 at Jamia Hamdard. 3. A. Mittal. 2019. Invited lecture: An Evolutionary View through Cellular Transmembrane Domains. 23rd Evolutionary Biology Meeting in Marseilles, France from September 24-27. 4. A. Mittal. 2019. Oral Presentation: Stoichiometric Constraints in Natural Hetero-Polymers. Symposium on Bio-derived Materials: From Fundamentals to Applications, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2019), Singapore from June 23-28. 5. A. Mittal. 2019. Oral Presentation: Stoichiometric Constraints in Protein Sequences. Albany 2019: Conversation 20, SUNY Albany, USA, June 11-15. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 37(sup1): 59-60. 6. A. Mittal. 2019. Invited lecture: Detecting universal signatures in protein sequences and structures. Workshop on Computational Biology, SCFBio, IIT Delhi, May 28-June 03. 7. A. Mittal. 2019. Invited Plenary lecture: Spatiotemporal scales in biology. “Nanobio: 2019” organized by Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, May 6-10. 8. A. Mittal. 2019. Invited lecture: What do scientists want from journalists? – I have NO clue. Orientation Workshop for the India Science Media Fellowship 2019 organized by the by India Alliance and Springer Nature at the Springer Nature office in Delhi. April 29-30. 9. A. Mittal. 2019. Invited Panelist: “Panel Discussion” in the international conference “Multiscale Simulations and Mathematical Modelling of Complex Biological Systems” at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India from January 30 to February 01.

9 Aditya Mittal [email protected] 10. A. Mittal. 2019. Invited speaker: Interactive session with the students of “The Think Lab” Delhi Public School, R. K. Puram, New Delhi. January 25. 11. A. Mittal. 2016. Invited lecture: Peeking into the “small” of the living world towards exploring biological self- assembly. NCERT Nurturance Programme for National Talent Search (NTS) Awardees, IIT Delhi, November 29 – December 1. 12. A. Mittal. 2016. Invited lecture: Transmembrane domain lengths as signatures of organismal complexity. MBU, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, May 12. 13. A. Mittal. 2016. Invited lecture: Transmembrane domain lengths as signatures of organismal complexity. Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, March 14. 14. A. Mittal. 2016. Invited lecture: Transmembrane domain lengths as signatures of organismal complexity. International Symposium “Accelerating Biology 2016: Decoding the Deluge”, C-DAC, Pune, Maharashtra, January 19-21. 15. Singh, S.* and A. Mittal. 2015. Transmembrane Domains of Viral Proteins Show Signatures of Entry and Exit Mechanisms. MCB75: from Molecules to Organisms, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India, December 11-14. Poster No. 49, Book of Abstracts MBC75: Pg95. 16. A. Mittal. 2015. Invited lecture: Teaching Biology as a core course at IIT Delhi: Concept of Open Book, Open Notes, Open Web evaluations. Workshop for senior biology teachers, Navy Children School, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, May 6. 17. Bansal, S.* and A. Mittal. 2014. On the symbiotic origins of eukaryotic plasma membranes. American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting (2014 ASCB/IFCB Meeting), Philadelphia, PA, USA, December 6-10. Mol. Biol. Cell 25: P1322. 18. A. Mittal. 2014. Invited lecture: Geometric universalities and stoichiometric constraints in naturally occurring folded proteins. Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, March 21. 19. A. Mittal. 2014. Invited lecture: Peeking into the “small” of the living world towards exploring biological self- assembly. “Scintillations” – The Inter-college science festival of Gargi College, Delhi University, February 19- 20. 20. A. Mittal. 2013. Invited lecture: Reflections on the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, IIT Delhi, October 31. 21. Dhingra, P., A. Mishra*, R. Kaushik, M. Hassan, P. Rana, A. Mittal and B. Jayaram. 2013. Going Beyond “Lamarckism’ in Protein Tertiary Structure Prediction. Albany 2013: Conversation 18, SUNY Albany, USA, June 11-15. 22. A. Mittal. 2013. Invited lecture: A geometrical interpretation of parametric universality in protein structures. Refresher course in Interdisciplinary Basic Sciences, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University) Jamia Nagar, New Delhi India, May 18. 23. A. Mittal. 2013. Invited lecture: Geometric understanding and applications of universal spatial organization of naturally occurring folded proteins. Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, April 11. 24. A. Mittal. 2013. Invited lecture: Dynamics and self-assembly in biological systems: Peeking into the "small" of the living world. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, March 16. 25. A. Mittal. 2013. Invited lecture: A geometrical interpretation of parametric universality in protein structures. National Symposium “Ramachandran Manifestation: Peptide to Proteome” organized by Dept. of Biochemistry, Sri Venkateswara College and Dept. of Biochemistry, Delhi University, South Campus, New Delhi, March 14- 15. 26. A. Mittal. 2013. Invited lecture: A geometrical interpretation of parametric universality in protein structures. International Symposium “Accelerating Biology 2013: The next wave”, C-DAC, Pune, Maharashtra, February 20-22. 27. A. Mittal. 2012. Invited lecture: Signatures of spatial organization in the universe of proteins. National Conference on “New Trends in Bioinformatics”, IIT Delhi, July 30-31. 28. A. Mittal. 2012. Invited lecture: Newest view on protein folding: Analytical and experimental evidence towards a paradigm shift. Refresher course in Interdisciplinary Basic Sciences, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University) Jamia Nagar, New Delhi India, May 12. 29. A. Mittal. 2012. Invited Keynote lecture: Biological (r)Evolution at IIT Delhi. Open House - i2tech 2012, IIT Delhi, April 21. 30. A. Mittal. 2012. Invited lecture: Wireless technology in medicine and applications in the developing world. Indo-US Telestroke Meeting, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA, USA, April 6-8. 31. A. Mittal. 2012. Invited lecture: Newest view on protein folding: Analytical and experimental evidence towards a paradigm shift. National Seminar on Drug Design and Its Industrial Applications, Interdisciplinary

10 Aditya Mittal [email protected] Programme in Life Science & Centre for Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India, March 7-9. 32. A. Mittal. 2012. Invited lecture: Newest view on protein folding: Analytical and experimental evidence towards a paradigm shift. Bioepoch 2012, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, February 24-25. 33. A. Mittal. 2012. Invited lecture: Newest view on protein folding: Analytical and experimental evidence towards a paradigm shift. Department of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, February 22. 34. A. Mittal. 2012. Invited lecture: Role of “blood brain barrier (BBB)” after HIBI: A window of opportunity for intervention after HIBI? ICMR Workshop on Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Injury, AIIMS, New Delhi, Feb 4-5. 35. B. Jayaram and A. Mittal. 2011. Universality of the spatial distribution of the backbones and a narrow band of amino acid stoichiometries amidst the structural and functional diversity of folded proteins. Albany 2011: Conversation 17, SUNY Albany, USA, June 14-18. J. Biomol. Struct. Dyn. 28: 998. 36. A. Mittal. 2011. Invited lecture: Newest view of Protein folding. AIIMS, New Delhi, February 25. 37. A. Mittal. 2010. Invited lecture: Newest view of Protein folding. 2nd Indo-Japan Symposium on Bioinformatics, IIT Delhi, December 10-11. 38. A. Mittal. 2010. Invited lecture: Quantitative analyses of molecular interactions: Extracting stoichiometry and binding constants from experimental data. AIIMS, New Delhi, December 9. 39. A. Mittal. 2010. Invited lecture: Biological Self-assembly. AIIMS, New Delhi, April 3. 40. A. Mittal. 2009. Invited lecture: Analytical imaging in biological engineering. National Institute of Technical Teachers and Training & Research (NITTTR), Chandigarh, November 25. 41. Mittal, A.* and R. Grover. 2009. Experimental Studies on Engineering of Liposomal Preparations. International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2009), Singapore from June 28 – July 3. 42. Naresh, M.*, M. Sharma, A. Mittal. 2009. Biological synthesis and characterization of cubo-octahedral nanomagnets. International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2009), Singapore from June 28 – July 3. 43. A. Mittal. 2009. Invited lecture: Bacterial nanomagnets: A fascinating example of biological assembly. AIIMS, New Delhi, March 15. 44. A. Mittal. 2009. Invited lecture: Bacterial nanomagnets: A fascinating example of biological assembly. ISTE/AICTE (India) sponsored training program on “Recent Trends in Drug Development - A Focus on Novel Drug Delivery Systems” at P.D.M. College of Pharmacy, Sarai Aurangabad, Bahadurgarh, from February 2-6. 45. A. Mittal. 2008. Invited lecture: Bacterial nanomagnets: A fascinating example of biological assembly. National Symposium on Nano-Biotechnology organized by Seshadripuram First Grade College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, in association with Department of IT, Biotechnology, S & T, Govt. of Karnataka, from August 25-28. 46. A. Mittal. 2008. Invited lecture: Bacterial nanomagnets: A fascinating example of biological assembly. Continuing Education Program on Nanomaterials, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), New Delhi, August 28. 47. A. Mittal. 2008. Invited lecture: Biological Nanosystems: Peeking into the “Small” Living World. Workshop on Laser Spectroscopy and Nanophotonics, organized by FITT, IIT Delhi, from March 14-15. 48. A. Mittal. 2008. Invited lecture: Unraveling Cellular Geography for Drug Delivery: In vitro Spatio-temporal Deconvolution. 8th International symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems, organized by the Controlled Release Society Indian Chapter in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India from February 26-27. 49. A. Mittal. 2007. Invited lecture: Biological Nanosystems: Peeking into the “Small” Living World. International symposium titled “Science of Life: The New Horizon”, organized by Miranda House, University of Delhi, in New Delhi, India from November 21-23. 50. A. Mittal. 2007. Invited lecture: Micron and nano-scale targeting in biological systems. The 5th Global Knowledge Millennium Summit B2B in Biotechnology & Nanotechnology, organized by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), in New Delhi, India from September 18-21. 51. Bansal, V., V. Gupta and A. Mittal*. 2007. Engineering of Liposomes: From Lipid Molecular Shapes to Sub- Micron Vesicles. The 4th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2007), Singapore from July 1-6. 52. A. Mittal. 2007. Regulating Nanopores: Lessons from Viral Fusion. The 4th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2007), Singapore from July 1-6. 53. R. Gupta*, P. Mishra and A. Mittal. 2007. Cellular Uptake of Biodegradable Nanoparticles by HeLa cells. The 4th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT 2007), Singapore from July 1- 6. 11 Aditya Mittal [email protected] 54. A. Mittal. 2007. Invited lecture: Fluorescence microscopy: Principles and Applications in Drug Delivery Research. First summer school on “Nanotechnology in Advanced Drug Delivery” organized by NIPER, S. A. S. Nagar, Punjab, India from May 1-5. 55. A. Mittal. 2007. Invited lecture: Nanotechnology: Principles and application to medicine. Molecular Medicine module of M. Biotechnology at the AIIMS, New Delhi, April 14. 56. A. Mittal. 2007. Invited lecture: Bacterial Nanomagnets. Workshop on “Nanotechnology – Current Status and Challenges” organized by Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer, IIT-Delhi from March 17-18. 57. A. Mittal. 2007. Invited lecture: Bacterial Nanomagnets. Workshop on “Biomaterials for Medical Devices and Drug Delivery” organized by Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, at IIT-Delhi from February 17. 58. A. Mittal. 2007. Invited lecture: In vitro Functional Validation of Nanoformulations for Drug Delivery. Nanotechnology Enclave organized by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and, the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, in New Delhi, India from February 15-16. 59. Gupta, V.*, V. Jangra and A. Mittal. 2006. Preparation and Characterization of Liposomes from Bacterial Lipids. CHEMCON 2006, The 56th Annual Conference of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Ankleshwar, Gujrat, India from December 27-30. 60. Arora, S.*, V. Bhat and A. Mittal. 2006. Correlating single cell motility with population growth dynamics for flagellated bacteria. CHEMCON 2006, The 56th Annual Conference of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Ankleshwar, Gujrat, India from December 27-30. 61. A. Mittal. 2006. Invited lecture: Engineering Challenges in Drug Delivery: From Nanopores to Nanoparticles. Indo-US Symposium on Nanotechnology in Advanced Drug Delivery, NIPER, S. A. S. Nagar, Punjab, India from October 5-6. 62. Sharma, M.*, M. Naresh and A. Mittal. 2006. Morphological changes in magnetotactic bacteria in presence of magnetic fields. Indo-US Symposium on Nanotechnology in Advanced Drug Delivery, NIPER, S. A. S. Nagar, Punjab, India from October 5-6. 63. Gupta, R.*, P. Mishra and A. Mittal. 2006. Monitoring uptake and degradation of PLGA nanoparticles using fluorescence microscopy. Indo-US Symposium on Nanotechnology in Advanced Drug Delivery, NIPER, S. A. S. Nagar, Punjab, India from October 5-6. 64. A. Mittal. 2006. Invited lecture: New Perspective of Bioprocess Engineering: Emerging Paradigm of Scale- down. National seminar on “Emerging trends in Bioprocess and Food Processing Industries” at HBTI Kanpur, UP, India from March 25-26. 65. Gupta, R.*, M. Sharma* and A. Mittal. 2006. Effects of Phospholipid Density in Nanopropeller Driven Bacterial Motion. International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICONSAT2006), India Habitat Center, New Delhi, India from March 16-18. 66. Podbilewicz, B*., G. Shemer, M. Suissa, T. Gattegno, A. Mittal, C. Valansi, K. C. Q. Nguyen, D. H. Hall and L. V. Chernomordik. 2005. Dissection of syncytiogenesis: EFF-1 proteins fuse cells from beginning to end. European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO) Meeting, Dresden, Germany from September 3-6. Abstract: 463. 67. Podbilewicz, B.*, T. Gattegno, A. Mittal, C. Valansi, K. C. Q. Nguyen, D. H. Hall and L. V. Chernomordik. 2005. Syncytiogenesis: EFF-1 proteins fuse cells from beginning to end. International Worm Meeting, University of California, LA, USA from June 25-29. Citation ID 11988761, WBPaper00006396. 68. Mittal, A.*, T. Gattegno, L. V. Chernomordik and B. Podbilewicz. 2005. Kinetic Mapping of Developmental Cell Fusion in Live C. elegans Embryos. Gordon Conference on Molecular Membrane Biology, Proctor Academy, Andover, NH, USA from July 10–15. 69. Mittal, A. 2005. Invited seminar: From Kinetics to Molecular Machines: Unraveling Biological Membrane Fusion. National Technology Day celebration at IIT-Delhi. 70. Mittal, A. 2005. Invited Poster: Exhausting the Options by Exhaustive Fitting: From Kinetics to Molecular Machines in Biological Systems. The first Indo-US Frontiers of Science Symposium organized by National Academy of Sciences, USA and the Indo-US S&T forum, Jan. 8-11, at IISc Bangalore, India. 71. Mittal, A. 2004. Invited seminar: From Kinetics to Molecular Machines: The Case of Influenza Hemagglutinin- Mediated Membrane Fusion. The first Indo-US joint conference in chemical engineering (Global Environment in Chemical Engineering) organized by IIChE and AIChE in concurrence with the annual IIChE conference (Chemcon 2004), Dec. 27-30, Mumbai, India. 72. Gattegno, T., G. Shemer, A. Mittal, M. Suissa, C. Valansi, I. Kolotuev, K. C. Q. Nguyen, D. H. Hall , L. V. Chernomordik and B. Podbilewicz*. 2004. Poster: Cell Fusion in C. elegans: What have we learned from viral fusion? 4th Frederick Workshop on the Cell Biology of Viral Entry, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA. 73. Mittal, A.*, B. Podbilewicz and L. V. Chernomordik. 2004. Characterizing kinetics of cell fusion in developing C. elegans embryos. The Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Biophys. J. 86(1), Part 2 (229A): 45a.

12 Aditya Mittal [email protected] 74. Tran, T. T.*, A. Mittal and J. Bentz. 2004. The elementary mass action rate constants of P-gp transport across a confluent MDCKII-hMDR1 cell monolayer obtained by exhaustive fitting. The Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Biophys. J. 86(1), Part 2 (3176A): 612a. 75. Zaitseva, E.*, E. Leikina, A. Mittal and L. V. Chernomordik. 2004. Structurally diverse Sindbis virus E1 protein and influenza virus hemagglutinin drive cell fusion through similar membrane intermediates. The Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Biophys. J. 86(1), Part 2 (215A): 43a. 76. Mittal, A.*, B. Podbilewicz and L. V. Chernomordik. 2003. Kinetics of Cell Fusion in Developing C. elegans Embryos. The American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Late Abstract (L224). 77. Mittal, A.*, E. Leikina, L. V. Chernomordik and J. Bentz. 2003. Kinetically Differentiating Influenza Hemagglutinin Fusion and Hemifusion Machines. Gordon Conference in Molecular Membrane Biology, Proctor Academy, Andover, NH from July 13–18. 78. Mittal, A.*, E. Leikina, L. V. Chernomordik and J. Bentz. 2003. Kinetic Differentiation of HA Fusion and Hemifusion. The Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. Biophys. J. 84(2), Supp.(195A): 948a. 79. Leikina, E.*, A. Mittal, M. M. Kozlov and L. V. Chernomordik. 2003. Fusion Proteins Located Outside of the Contact Zone are Involved in Membrane Fusion. The Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. . Biophys. J. 84(2), Supp.(194A): 947a. 80. L.V.Chernomordik*, M.M.Kozlov, E.Leikina, I. Markovic, A. Mittal, C. Ramos, M. Zhukovsky and J. Zimmerberg. 2003. Protein-lipid interplay in fusion mediated by influenza virus hemagglutinin. (Symposium by L. V. Chernomordik) The Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. Biophys. J. 84(2), Supp.(11A): 49-Symp. 81. Mittal, A.*, E. Leikina,L. V. Chernomordik and J. Bentz. 2002. Kinetics and phenotypes of fusion and hemifusion of HA expressing cells with RBCs resolved by automated video microscopy. 3rd Frederick Workshop on the Cell Biology of Viral Entry, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD. 82. Mittal, A.*, E. Leikina,L. V. Chernomordik and J. Bentz. 2001. Monitoring Single Cell Fusion Kinetics from Automated Video Fluorescence Microscopy. The American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting Washington, DC. Mol. Biol. Cell 12,Supp.(404A): 74a. 83. Mittal, A.* and J. Bentz. 2001. Influenza Hemagglutinin Mediated Membrane Fusion: Minimal Aggregate Size, Minimal Fusion Unit and Role of Sialate Binding. The Annual Research Day of Drexel and MCP Hahnemann universities, Philadelphia, PA. (Best Poster Award) 84. Bentz, J.*, A. Mittal, E. Leikina, and L. V. Chernomordik. 2001. Kinetics of RBC Fusion with Influenza Hemagglutinin-expressing Cells as a Function of Technique. The Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Biophys. J. 80(1), Part 2(1770A): 417a. 85. Mittal, A.* and J. Bentz. 2001. Role of Sialate Bound Influenza Hemagglutinin during Fusion. The Biophysical Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Biophys. J. 80(1), Part 2(1774A): 418a. (Finalist: Student Research Achievement Award) 86. Mittal, A.* and J. Bentz. 2000. Kinetics of Lipidic Channel Formation in Influenza Hemagglutinin-mediated Membrane Fusion. The Annual Drexel and MCP Hahnemann University Research Day in association with the 12th Annual Sigma-Xi Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA. (Best Poster Award) 87. Manvendra* and A. Mittal. 1995. Treatment of Distillery effluent. Invited talk at The Annual National Student Seminar of Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. 88. Mittal, A. 1995. Interferon X Protoplast fusion. A reviewed paper presentation at TRYST: The Annual Student Seminar of I.I.T., Delhi, India.