Aniruddha Chattaraj

Ani obtained his PhD from University of Connecticut School of Medicine, where he worked with Prof. Les Loew. His PhD thesis uncovers the concept of solubility product in determining the phase separation threshold of multi-component biomolecular condensates. As part of the Virtual Cell team, he developed statistical routines (to analyze multivalent molecular clusters) for the SpringSaLaD and BioNetGen softwares designed to perform (spatial and non-spatial) stochastic simulations of multivalent protein interactions. Later he joined Harvard University as a postdoc to work with Prof. Eugene Shakhnovich. His main focus was to derive biophysical rules underlying the formation and function of sticker-spacer polymer condensates. At this stage, he conceptualized a passive mechanism of condensate size distribution in the language of sticker saturation within the liquid condensates. In June 2026, Ani joined Zwicker group to pursue another postdoc where he will focus on the biochemical activity of condensates and phase separation.