RESEARCH

Interests

I am fascinated by the complex structure-property-function relationships that govern physical and biological systems. This interest has shaped my undergraduate and ongoing doctoral research, guiding my efforts to understand these relationships at a fundamental level by exploring the optical and electronic properties of a wide range of materials. My broad areas of interest are as follows:

Light-matter interactions in molecular chromophores, aggregates, and semiconductor nanoparticles
Functional organic materials for energy conversion and storage

If you are interested in learning about the molecular systems and nanomaterials I have worked with and projects I have been involved in, please read further and also check out my publications and conference presentations for my peer-reviewed and publicly shared work.

Experience

Graduate Student Researcher (Feb 2024 - Present)
Advisor: Prof. Justin Caram, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCLA
1) Energy (exciton) transport in molecular aggregates.
2) Photophysics of shortwave infrared (SWIR) emitters.

Undergraduate Research Student (Jun 2020 - July 2023)
Advisor: Prof. Mahesh Hariharan, School of Chemistry, IISER-TVM
1) Eumelanin photophysics: Synthesis of eumelanin-based protomolecules and study of exciton dynamics using steady-state and time-resolved optical spectroscopy techniques.
2) Theory of singlet fission and impact of intermolecular packing on dynamics.
Minor Project Student (Jan 2022 - Aug 2022)
Advisor: Prof. M. M. Shaijumon, School of Physics, IISER-TVM
Designing bipolar organic electrode materials for next-generation rechargeable batteries.

Winter Research Intern (Dec 2019)
Advisor: Prof. Satish Patil, Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, IISc
Synthesis of singlet fission materials for solar cell applications.
Summer Research Intern (May 2019 - Jul 2019)
Advisor: Prof. Patrick D' Silva, Department of Biochemistry, IISc
Understanding the role of enzyme Glyoxalase-1 in tackling oxidative stress using yeast as a model system.

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