CURRENT
Scientist-C
Duration: October 2026 - Present
CSIR–Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB),
New Delhi, India
Assistant Profesoor
School of Biosciences, Chanakya University
Bengaluru, India
Duration: December 2025 - October 2026
RESEARCH/ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Postdoctoral Researcher
Duration: January 2024 - November 2025
Computational Biomedicine, Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
Advisor: Prof. Paolo Carloni
Fulbright Visiting Doctoral Research Scholar
Duration: September 2022 - June 2023
Department of Chemistry, University of California Irvine, USA
Advisor: Prof. Ioan Andricioaei
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Duration: January 2019 - December 2023
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, India
PhD Advisor: Prof. Arnab Mukherjee
Thesis title: Exploring molecular recognition of small molecule binding, protein-protein interactions, and RNA folding dynamics using enhanced sampling methods
Master of Science (MSc) Subject: Chemistry
Duration: July 2016 - April 2018
School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, India
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Subject: Chemistry
Duration: July 2012 -April 2015
Loyola College Chennai, University of Madras, India
ACHIEVEMENTS/ AWARDS
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Selected for Fulbright – Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship for research at the University of California, Irvine, for the year 2022–2023.
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Recipient, DBT-CTEP Travel grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (June 2022)
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Recipient, CSIR Travel Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (May 2022)
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Recipient, Infosys Foundation Travel award, IISER Pune (March 2022)
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Rashtrapati Scout Award - An award presented by the President of India for extracurricular achievement in scouting. (March 2010)
OUTREACH & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Volunteer,
National Service Scheme
Duration: Aug. 2010 - Mar 2012
Unit leader and Volunteer,
Bharath Scout & Guides
Duration: June 2007 - Mar 2010