Professional experience

• •  Co-PI for the SERB project entitled "Understanding the   molecular  basis of SNX27-retromer mediated MT1-MMP cell surface transport during breast cancer metastasis"

  • PI for the SERC Fast Track proposal for Young Scientists Scheme, DST entitled "Interaction of beta amyloid peptide and a model peptide with metals having potential roles in pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease" (Project completed)

Courses taken at IISER Bhopal:

• CHM 223 (Physical Chemistry Laboratory - 1)

• CHM 423 (Physical Chemistry Laboratory - 2)

• CHM 222N (Classical Thermodynamics) - Tutor

Research Experience:

• Post-doctoral fellow: Center for Photochemical Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA (2007 - 2008)

          Supervisor: Professor Michael Y. Ogawa

Design of de novo peptides having predefined chemical functional moieties reacting with metals in their native states: Structure function relationship

• PhD Center for Surface Science, Jadavpur University 2005

         Supervisor: Professor S. P. Moulik

Dissertation: Solution behaviors of several cationic and    nonionic surfactants and their interaction with polymers

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:

• Venus International Women Awards (VIWA 2023) as one of the Outstanding Women Researchers in Chemistry

• J. K. Mittal award for the Best Oral Presentation at the XIth National Conference on Surfactants, Emulsions and Biocolloids (NATCOSEB XI)

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE:

• Research Associate (Applications Research Lab, Balmer Lawrie and company Ltd.) 

November 2004 - Nov 2006 Formulation development and characterization of speciality chemicals and preparation and physicochemical characterization of self-organized systems (Micelles, emulsions, microemulsions)

• Junior Scientist, Cookson Electronics Pvt. Ltd. IISc Bangalore August 2004 - November2004                                    

Study on self aggregation behavior of fluorosurfactants that play major role in flux chemistry during process of preparing printed circuit boards