EDUCATION
2012 - 2018 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), NY
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Amir H. Hirsa
Fields of Study: Interfacial rheology, complex fluids,
soft matter, flows in microgravity
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2010 - 2012 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, IN
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
2006 - 2010 Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2019 - Current
2018 - 2019
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Rochester
Projects: Physiological fluid dynamics in the brain, Microfluidic aggregation of neurotoxic proteins
Postdoctoral Research Associate, RPI
Projects: Amyloid fibril formation at fluid interfaces in microgravity: Ring-sheared Drop (RSD), Flow-directed assembly (FDA) of soft materials
2012 - 2018
Graduate Research Assistant, RPI
Projects: Shear rheology of viscous interfaces coupled to bulk flow (doctoral thesis)
Summer 2012
Research Intern, Beckman Coulter Inc., Indianapolis, IN
Projects: Projects: Microfluidic pumping and fluid handling in commercial biomedical devices
2010 - 2012
Graduate Research Assistant, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Projects: Projects: Electroosmotic flows in microfluidic channels
AWARDS AND HONORS
2021 Steadman Family Postdoctoral Award in
Interdisciplinary Research. (link to article)
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2020 University of Rochester Career Development Award
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2018-2019 AIChE Future Faculty Mentorship Program
(Selected as member of 2018-2019 cohort)
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2014-2017 Graduate Student Travel Fellowship
PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
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Associate Editor, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (From Jan. 2023)
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Peer reviewer for Chemical Reviews, Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES)
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Co-chair of the UR Postdoctoral Research Association (PDA)