|Curriulum Vitae|

Current Positions

Associate Professor of Biological Physics, Dept. of Physics and Materials Science, U. Luxembourg (since 11/2022)

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Bachelor of Physics Program, U. Luxembourg (since 02/2021)

Principal Investigator, Physics of Living Matter Group, U. Luxembourg (since 05/2018)

ATTRACT Investigator, 1.5 Mi. Euro Grant from Luxembourg National Research Fund (since 05/2018)

AUDACITY Grantee and IAS Member, Institute of Advanced Studies, U. Luxembourg (since 12/2020)

Last Position (May 2018 - November 2022)

Assistant Professor of Biological Physics (tenure track), Dept. of Physics and Materials Science, U. Luxembourg

January 2014 – May 2018

HFSP Cross-Disciplinary Fellow, International Human Frontier Science Program Organization; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (01/2014 – 09/2015), and ETH Zurich, Switzerland (10/2015 – 05/2018); Advisor: Prof. Dr. Roman Stocker (Environmental Microfluidics Group)

January 2013 – December 2013

Postdoctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self Organization, Göttingen, Germany; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Herminghaus and Dr. Christian Bahr (Dynamics of Complex Fluids Group)

June 2009 – December 2012

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self Organization, Göttingen, Germany; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Stephan Herminghaus and Dr. Christian Bahr (Dynamics of Complex Fluids Group).

PhD Thesis: Nematic Liquid Crystals and Nematic Colloids in Microfluidic Environment

Grade: summa cum laude

August 2008 – May 2009

Application Engineer, FMP Technology GmbH, Erlangen, Germany

Domain: thin film instabilities and gas entrapment in meso-scale coating and drying processes

July 2003 – July 2008

Dual Degree (B.S. & M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India

Specialization: Thermal and Fluids Engineering