Education

2019-Present PhD, The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, California:

  • Advisor: Dr. Andrew Su
  • Research Interest: Computational Drug Repurposing
  • GPA: 4.00/4.00

2015-2017 M.Sc. Physics, National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India:

  • Dissertation: Instabilities at the interface between a Newtonian fluid and an aging Non-Newtonian fluid in a quasi-2D geometry
  • GPA: 9.09/10

2012-2015 B.Sc. Physics, St. Stephens College, New Delhi, India:

  • Percentage: 78.22%

Research Experience

Master’s Thesis Research January 2017-April 2017:

  • Raman Research Institute, India
  • Advisor: Dr. Ranjini Bandyopadhyay
  • Area of Research: Soft Condensed Matter Physics
    • Instabilities at the interface between a Newtonian fluid and an aging Non-Newtonian fluid in a quasi-2D geometry

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) May 2016-July 2016:

  • California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
  • Mentor: Dr. Yuki Oka
  • Area of Research: Neuroscience,
    • Neural Correlates Underlying Thirst
    • Developed a mouse tracking software for studying thirst behavior using MATLAB software

Undergraduate Research May 2015-June 2015

  • Raman Research Institute, India
  • Advisor: Dr. Ravi Subrahmanyan
  • Area of Research: Astronomy and Astrophysics
    • Atmospheric Modelling in the 2– 6 GHz region
    • Studied how the generic model worked with changes in input parameters like frequency, zenith angle, and temperature.
    • Specifically focused on the Chajnantor observatory and summarized the important radioactive processes possible in the lower atmosphere

Undergraduate Research May 2014:

  • National Center for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
  • Physics of Life Monsoon School
  • Area of Research: Biophysics
    • Damage response in termite colonies

Skills/Coursework

  • Computational Skills:
    • R, Python, Linux, Bash scripting, MS office
  • Relevant Coursework:
    • Linear algebra, Statistics, Calculus
    • Applied Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
    • Introduction to Biostatistics (using R)
    • Fundamentals of scientific computing
    • Qualitative data analysis boot camp
    • Concepts of learning and memory
    • Genetics and Genomics
    • The Science of Writing Science
    • Social science impact of biomedical research

Extracurriculars

  • Leadership role for Scripps Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Group