Experience

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus [April 2024 - present]

Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities [March 2022 - March 2024]

                        Project title: Migration of engineered T cells on advanced 3D tumor models.

                        Advisor: Dr. Paolo Provenzano [https://provenzanolab.umn.edu/]

                        Funding agency: National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Process Engineer, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) [July 2015 - May 2016]

Education

Ph.D [2016 - 2021]: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. University of Colorado, Boulder

                          Thesis title: Non genetic modification of breast cancer cells using photo-crosslinkable affibodies.

                          Advisors: Dr. Andrew Goodwin [https://www.colorado.edu/lab/goodwin/], Dr. Jennifer Cha

                          Funding agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)

M.Tech [2013 - 2015]: Department of Chemical Engineering. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur

                          Thesis title: Removal of hexavalent chromium from water using Fe3O4 nanoparticles.

                          Advisor: Dr. Sudarsan Neogi                         

B.Tech [2009 - 2013]: Department of Chemical Engineering, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata

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