{"id":2841,"date":"2026-03-02T11:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:56:21","slug":"congratulations-dr-basu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/news\/2026\/congratulations-dr-basu\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations Dr. Basu!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Group member <a href=\"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/members\/abhirup-basu\/\">Abhirup Basu<\/a> successfully defended his PhD dissertation titled \u201cMagnetic Field-Driven Assembly and Propulsion of Active Colloids Engineered from Anisotropic Nanoparticle Architectures.\u201d During his doctoral studies under the guidance of Prof. Orlin Velev, Abhirup achieved numerous significant milestones through impactful research projects and collaborations with multiple research groups. He also represented the group with distinction at several national and international conferences and symposiums, while mentoring undergraduate and master\u2019s students.<\/p>\n<p>As Abhirup begins his new professional journey with SirenOpt, we extend our sincere congratulations and wish him continued success in all his future endeavors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/03\/IMG_1869-2-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/03\/IMG_1869-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/03\/IMG_1869-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/03\/IMG_1869-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/03\/IMG_1869-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/03\/IMG_1869-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Group member Abhirup Basu successfully defended his PhD dissertation titled \u201cMagnetic Field-Driven Assembly and Propulsion of Active Colloids Engineered from Anisotropic Nanoparticle Architectures.\u201d During his&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1039,"featured_media":2842,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"first_name":[],"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2841"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2846,"href":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions\/2846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbe.ncsu.edu\/velevgroup\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}