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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

  • Damon Runyon Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists

  • Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

2024

  • STAT Wunderkind

  • MIT Technology Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific region

  • Exceptional Scholar, The Rockefeller University

2023

  • Leading Edge Fellow

  • UC President’s Fellow, Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Physiology & Medicine

2020

  • Harold Weintraub Graduate Student Award, Fred Hutchison Research Center

  • American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellow

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