Educational Qualifications:

Ph.D, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2014.

M.Sc, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, 2008.

B.Sc, The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India, 2006.

Positions:

• 2024 -  Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Tirupati, India

• 2017 - 2023 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Tirupati, India

• 2016 - 2017  Research associate at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, (Advisor: Professor Biman Bagchi)

• 2014 - 2016 Postdoctoral research scholar at The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA, (Advisors: Professor Andrei Tokmakoff and Professor Gregory A. Voth)

• 2013 -  2014 Institute research associate at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, (Advisor: Professor Biman Bagchi)

• 2008 - 2013 Ph.D. student at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, (Advisor: Professor Biman Bagchi)

Awards and Recognition:

• 2023: Early Career Advisory Board, Chemical Physics Impact

• 2021: Review Editor, Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences: Biological Modeling and Simulation

• 2014: Best poster presentation award by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, in “Dynamics of Complex Chemical and Biological Systems (DCCBS - 2014)”.

• 2010: Best oral presentation award by Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit in Unit Day and In-House Symposium, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

• 2008 - 2013:  Research Fellowship awarded by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India

• 2006 - 2008: Merit scholarship for four semesters, awarded by Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India