Curriculum Vitae (PDF version)
Education
Education
2014 - 2020
2014 - 2020
Princeton University, Chemical and Biological Engineering | PhD
Doctoral work in the labs of Dr Sabine Petry, Howard Stone and Josh Shaevitz on the mechanisms of microtubule nucleation and mitotic spindle assembly. Funded by the American Heart Association and Princeton's Dissertation Fellowship.
2014 - 2016
2014 - 2016
Princeton University, Chemical and Biological Engineering | Masters Degree
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Princeton University, Chemical and Biological Engineering | Masters Degree
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2010 - 2014
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | B.Tech.
Bachelors degree with honors in Chemical Engineering and Computer Science with GPA 9.96/10 and undergraduate thesis in biophysics of bacterial motion with Dr Mahesh Tirumkudulu.
Employment
2021 - present
UC Berkeley, Molecular and Cell Biology | Postdoctoral Research
Postdoctoral research in the labs of Dr Eva Nogales and Kathleen Collins on the mechanisms of transposition in the human genome and biotechnological applications. Funded by the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation.
2018
Marine Biological Laboratory | Physiology Course
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Advanced research training course in Physiology: modern cell biology using microscopic, biochemical and computational approaches.
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Selected Awards & Honors
2021 - 2025
2025 - 2027
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Damon Runyon Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists
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Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
2024
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STAT Wunderkind
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MIT Technology Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific region
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Exceptional Scholar, The Rockefeller University
2023
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Leading Edge Fellow
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UC President’s Fellow, Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physiology & Medicine
2020
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Harold Weintraub Graduate Student Award, Fred Hutchison Research Center
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American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellow