Research, Teaching and Professional Experience

A link to my resume.

Research Experience

Graduate Research Assistant – Dr. Berhane Ghebrehiwet Lab – Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University (June – November 2019)

  • Characterized cancer cell receptors for potential targets of the immune system

Graduate Research Assistant – Dr. A. Jayakrishnan Lab – Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2017 – 2018)

  • Synthesized and characterized a polymeric prodrug of 5-fluorouracil for better drug delivery in colon cancer chemotherapy

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant – BME Research Fundamentals – Stony Brook University (September 2018 – May 2019)

Teaching Assistant – Biomaterials Lab – Indian Institute of Technology Madras (January 2018 – May 2018)

Teaching Assistant – Microbiology Lab – Indian Institute of Technology Madras (July – November 2017)

Professional Experience

Research Internship – Dr. Mudrika Khandelwal Lab – Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (May – July 2016)

  • Prepared and characterized anti-fouling silver nanoparticle-based bacterial cellulose scaffolds

Industrial Internship – Dr. Hitesh K Malviya – Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. (LLC) (May – July 2015)

  • Worked in production of Hib polysaccharide conjugate vaccine

Event Coordinator – Exhibitions, Biofest – Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2015)

  • Organized an exhibition to educate about 250 people on the working principles of various projects