Archive: February 11, 2026

Can Synthetic Melanin Protect Our Skin? My Research Journey at IIT Bombay

By LifETIME CDT Student: Mohamed Touhid Patel (University of Birmingham) Where my placement took place? This summer, I had the opportunity to join M-LAB (Matrix, Materials, Mechanics, and Microfluidics Lab- https://iitbombaymlab.wixsite.com/mlab) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, within the Department of Chemical Engineering. I worked under the guidance of Prof. Abhijit Majumder (https://x.com/abhijit_MLab?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor),