Abhik Manna (he/him)

Biographical Statement

Abhik is from India and received both his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Chemistry from his home country. He received his Bachelor's degree from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, West Bengal and Master's from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam. Abhik moved to the United States to pursue his PhD in Chemistry at Arizona State University where he focused on developing Polymer Based Microfluidic Systems for Protein Crystallization and Structure Determination.

In his free time, Abhik likes to be outdoors taking photos of wildlife and studying their behaviour.

Fun fact about Abhik: He climbed Arizona's highest point (Humphreys peak) on his life's first ever hike when he didn't even know what a hiking shoe was!

Publications

1. A. Manna, D. Doppler, M.P. Sripati, M. Sonker, A. Ros, "Sample Delivery Methods for Protein X-ray Crystallography with a Special Focus on Sample Sonsumption," Nature Communications, (2025), 16, 9856. [PDF]
2. A. Manna, M. Sonker, D. Koh, M. Steiger, A. Ansari, H. Hu, I. Quereda-Moraleda, A. Grieco, D. Doppler D. de Sanctis, S. Basu, J. Orlans S.L. Rose S. Botha, J.M. Martin-Garcia, A. Ros, "Cyclic Olefin Copolymer Based Fixed-target Sample Delivery Device for Protein X-ray Crystallography," Analytical Chemsitry, (2024), 96(52), 20371–20381. [PDF]
3. D. Doppler, M. Sonker, A. Egatz-Gomez, A. Grieco, S. Zaare, R. Jernigan, J.D. Meza-Aguilar, M.T. Rabbani, A. Manna, R.C. Alvarez, K. Karpos, J.C. Villarreal, G. Nelson, J.H. Yang, J. Carrion, K. Morin, G.K Ketawala, A.L. Pey, M.A. Ruiz-Fresneda, J.L. Pacheco-Garcia, J.A. Hermoso, R. Nazari, R. Sierra, M.S. Hunter, A. Batyuk, C.J. Kuptiz, R.E. Sublett, S. Lisova, V. Mariani, S. Boutet, R. Fromme, T.D. Grant, S. Botha, P. Fromme, R.A. Kirian, J.M. Martin-Garcia, A. Ros "Modular Droplet Injector for Sample Conservation Providing New Structural Insight for the Conformational Heterogeneity in the Disease-associated NQO1 Enzyme," Lab on a Chip, (2023), 23 3016-3033. [PDF]
4. M. Sonker, D. Doppler, A. Egatz-Gomez, S. Zaare, M.T. Rabbani, A. Manna, J.C. Villarreal, G. Nelson, G.K. Ketawala, K. Karpos, R.C. Alvarez, R. Nazari, D. Thifault, R. Jernigan, D. Oberthür, H. Han, R. Sierra, M.S. Hunter, A. Batyuk, C.J. Kupitz, A. Ros, "Electrically Stimulated Droplet Injector for Reduced Sample Consumption in Serial Crystallography," Biophysical Reports, (2022), 2(4), 100081. [PDF]

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