Tapomoy Bhattacharjee (Bh-uh-t-tah-CH-AH-R-jee) was a postdoctoral researcher in the lab. His research focused on understanding and controlling the behavior of bacterial colonies. He then moved on to a faculty position at The National Centre for Biological Sciences in India (see here for more details).

Besides coming up with weird and crazy research ideas, Tapa spends a good amount of time in the lab assessing his life with his eyes closed, head laid back and sometimes with a faint sound of snoring. This is definitely not sleeping though. Tapa thinks he is a good cook as he has never been insulted by Gordon Ramsey-well, yet! Pro tip: if he ever offers you food, be careful; it's spicy!