PRINCipal INVESTIGATOR

PostDoc/Experience

Associate Professor (Stage II) (Sept 2023-till date) – Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru, India

Associate Professor (Stage I) (Sept 2021-2023) – Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru, India

Assistant Professor (Sept 2015-Sept 2021) – Yenepoya Research Centre, Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Mangaluru, India

Coordinator Laboratory & Research (May 2014-Jan 2015) – University of Texas at El Paso, US

Postdoctoral researcher (Apr 2013- Apr 2014) – Oklahoma State University, US

Postdoctoral researcher (Sept 2011- Apr 2013) – Pusan National University, South Korea

Postdoctoral researcher (Aug 2009- Jul 2011) – National Tsing-Hua University and National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Postdoctoral researcher (Jan 2009- July 2009) – National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan

Awards/Honors

National Chung-Hsing University Foreign Student Fellowship (Sep.2004 – Jan.2009)

Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship grants from NSC-Taiwan (2009-11), MOST-NRF-South Korea (2011- 2013), OSU-USA (2013-2014) and NIH-UTEP-USA (2014-2015).

Top 25 most cited articles 2008-2009 (Electrochemistry Communication).

DST-JNCASR Visiting Faculty Award (2018-2019). 

Mentor for NIDHI-EiR, BIRAC-SPARSH, and PRAYAS fellows (2020-2021), ICMR-SRF, ICMR-RA, CSIR-SRF, CSIR-RA, DST-INSPIRE, and SERB-NPDF.

Best Research Performance: Yenepoya Research Centre (2019, 2020, 2021), 2023, 2024 University National Science Day honor for best researcher. 

Associate Editor for Heliyon (2022-) 

Founder and Director, Papersens Pvt. Ltd. (Spin-off from DBT funded grant), Govt. of Karnataka Idea2POC Elevate 2021 Winner, Kerala Startup Mission NRIC winner 2022 and BIRAC-BIG 2022 winner, SmartBio 2023 - Govt. of Karnataka Best start-up award. 

Start-up initiated: 3 

Reviewer for ACS, ECS, RSC, Elsevier, Wiley-VCH, Springer journals and project reviewer for DST-SERB, DBT, RSC-UK, and UGC