Education:

2011-2018: Ph.D (Chemical Science), CSIR-NIIST, Kerala, India.

(Advisor: Prof. Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh)

2009-2011: M.Sc (Chemistry), Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, India.

2006-2009: B.Sc (Chemistry Hons.), Scottish Church College, Calcutta University, India.

Professional  Experience: 

04/2021-present: Scientist, CSIR-CLRI, Chennai, India.

10/2020-03/2021 & 09/2022-10/2024: Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, TU Berlin, Germany. 

(Advisor: Prof. Arne Thomas)

04/2019-10/2020: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyoto University, Japan.

(Advisor: Prof. Shu Seki)

03/2018-03/2019: Program-Specific Researcher, Seki Laboratory, Kyoto University, Japan.

Awards and Recognitions:

12/2024: Emerging Investigator in RSC Journal  of Materials Chemistry A, 2024.

11/2022: Early Career Advisory Board in Chemistry Methods, Wiley, 2022.

07/2019: Humboldt Research Fellowship from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

12/2018: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

10/2019: AcSIR – Best Ph.D. Thesis Award-2018 in Chemical Sciences from Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSir).

11-12/2013 & 04-05/2015: DST-JSPS Fellow, Osaka University, Japan.  

08/2013: Senior  Research Fellowship (SRF), CSIR-NIIST, Kerala, India.

07/2011: Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), CSIR-NIIST, Kerala, India.

12/2010: National Eligibility Test (NET), conducted by CSIR.

02/2011: Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE), conducted by Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).