Principal Investigator

Professional Experience

May 2019 - Present      Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036

July 2013- May 2019    Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036

Jan 2006- July 2013     Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai-600036

Mar 2003- Jan 2006     Senior Scientist, Alnylam pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA

Jun 2002- Mar 2003     Research Scientist, Predix Pharmaceuticals, Woburn, MA

Jan 2002-Jun 2002       Post-doctoral research associate, UMASS Medical School, Worcester, MA.

Mar 2000-Dec 2001      Post-doctoral research associate, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ

Feb 1999-Jan 2000       Post-doctoral fellow with Dr. Daniele Bonnet-Delpon, Centre D’Etudes Pharmaceutiques, Chatenay-Malabry,  France

Aug 1993- Jan 1999      Doctoral Student with Prof. S. Chandrasekaran, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Jan 1992- Aug 1993      Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai.

Education

Ph. D.  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Organic Chemistry 2000

M.Sc. Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. Chemistry 1992

B.Sc. Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. Chemistry 1990

Awards & Distinctions

1. Recipient of The Guha Research Medal (best thesis of the Department of Organic Chemistry, IISc, Bangalore, India, for the year 1999-2000).