ABOUT ME
I am an experimental Biophysical Chemist and Chemical Biologist. Early realization that Chemistry is central to the study of biotechnology, advanced materials, biology and other emerging areas of importance led to my stern ambition of pursuing a career in this ever-expanding field of Chemistry. After obtaining my Bachelors and Masters Degree in the same from India, I moved to Germany for my Doctoral Research in Biophysics focusing on lipidated protein-membrane interactions, and Post-Doctoral Research in Chemical Biology where I was investigating small molecule-mediated modulation of oncogenic signalling pathways to discover novel therapeutic targets and tool compounds for studying biology. After moving back to India, I have started my own research group to work in the realm of lipid membrane biophysics and lipid chemical biology.
EDUCATION
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2016 –
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department
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2009 – 2012
Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany
Doctor of Natural Sciences (PhD), Biophysics
2013 – 2016
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology, Dortmund, Germany
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Chemical Biology
2006 – 2009
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India Master of Science (M.Sc) in Chemistry
2003 – 2006
St. Stephens College, Delhi University, Delhi, India
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Chemistry