Current Positions
Associate Professor of Biological Physics, Dept. of Physics and Materials Science, U. Luxembourg (since 11/2022)
Sustainability Ambassador, U. Luxembourg (since 12/2024)
Scientific Council, Institute of Advanced Studies, U. Luxembourg (since 10/2024)
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)
General Secretary, Luxembourg Physical Society/Association Luxembourgeoise des Physiciens (APHYL, since 02/2025)
Last Positions (May 2018 - February 2025)
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Bachelor of Physics Program, U. Luxembourg (02/2021 - 02/2025)
AUDACITY Grantee and IAS Member, Institute of Advanced Studies, U. Luxembourg (12/2020 - 12/2024)
Assistant Professor of Biological Physics (tenure track), Dept. of Physics & Materials Science, U. Luxembourg (05/2018 - 11/2023)
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