Education
08.2016 - 08.2021 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University
08.2013 - 05.2015 M.S. Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani (India)
07.2008 - 05.2012 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University (India)
Professional Appointments
09.2021 - Present Postdoctoral Researcher, Penn Soft Earth Dynamics and Complex Fluids Labs
01.2017 - 08.2021 Graduate Researcher, Hsiao SMART Lab, North Carolina State University
07.2015 - 05.2016 Research Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (India)
07.2012 - 06.2013 Management Trainee - Production, Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. (India)
Honors and Awards (Selected)
2024 Penn CSLM Postdoc Fellowship, Penn Center for Soft and Living Matter
2024 APS FECS Mini Grant, APS Forum for Early Career Scientists
2023 Future Investigator Travel (FIT) Award, APS Division of Soft Matter
2023 Victor K. LaMer Award Finalist, ACS Colloids & Surface Science Division
2022 James K. Ferrell Outstanding Ph.D. Graduate Award, NC State University
2021 Langmuir Graduate Student Award Finalist, ACS Colloids & Surface Science Division
2016 Provost’s University Graduate Fellowship, College of Engineering, NC State University
2012 University 3rd Rank, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University
2008 Prime Minister’s Merit Scholarship, Ministry of Defence, Government of India