I am an International Institute for Nanotechnology Postdoctoral Fellow working with George Schatz in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University. I also run an independent research thrust as part of the IIN Center for Nanocombinatorics. Before this, I got my PhD in 2020 with Victor Batista in the Department of Chemistry and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Yale University. Some of my more recent awards include the
IIN Future Faculty Fellowship,
I am one of the ten future faculty fellows selected from various STEM departments across Northwestern University and being trained to run a succesful research group at a top R1 institution
IIN Postdoctoral Fellowship,
This prize postdoc fellowship allows me to pursue independent research on developing graph algorithmic methods to study electronic properties in disordered systems. I am now part of the Center for Nanocombinatorics at NorthwesternAnders Gustaf Ekeberg Tantalum Prize,
Our team (Penn & Northwestern) was awarded the Ekeberg Prize by the Ta-Nb International Study Center for excellence in tantalum research and innovation. Read more about it in our 2022 Chem. Sci. article (also featured on the cover)
CSSM Mentorship and Sustainability Ambassador Awards, and
I was awarded the Mentorship as well as the Sustainability Ambassador awards by the NSF Center for Sustainable Separation of Metals for exemplary mentorship as well as promoting sustainability in research and leading sustainability outreach efforts in the community
Young Scientist at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting.
Selected among the group of early career researchers from 88 countries to attend the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physics)
in Germany
I grew up in India where I attended the University of Calcutta and Jadavpur University for my BSc and MSc. During my time in India, I received the
DST INSPIRE Fellowship,
5-year PhD fellowship awarded to students standing first in the order of merit in a STEM graduate/ undergraduate program at selected Universities in IndiaCSIR Junior Research Fellowship,
5-year fellowship awarded to the top 150 students in Physical Sciences in India selected through the National Eligibility Test to pursue fully-funded PhD in Physical SciencesUniversity Gold Medal, and
Awarded to the student standing first in the order of merit in the Faculty of Science.National Merit Scholarship.
Awarded for securing a rank in the top 50 out of over 500,000 students in the Board Examination
Outside of research, I enjoy photography, playing table tennis, and hum & strum sessions on my guitalele (this is a real instrument).
