Education

Professional Experience 

Assistant Professor Jan 2025 – Present

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Tamil Nadu, India

Senior Scientist June 2024 – Dec 2024

BioMed X GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany

Humboldt Fellow Feb 2022 – Jan 2024

Supervisor: Prof. Stefan Maier, Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) of Munich, Germany

Postdoctoral Fellow Nov 2018 – Dec 2021

Supervisor: Dr. Ruchi Gupta, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

TEEP Intern (after submission of PhD Thesis)                                               Nov 2017 – Mar 2018

Supervisor: Prof. C. H. Lu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.

Education  

2018: PhD in Physics, Pondicherry University, India

Supervisor: Prof. D. Bharathi Mohan                 

Specialization: Applied Physics or Biomedical Physics (Nanoplasmonics, SERS, and Optical Biosensors)

Thesis: “Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering and Emission Studies of Ag/ZnO/(Ag, Au, Pt) Hybrid  Nanostructures”

2012: MSc in Physics, Pondicherry University, India