CV

Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow

Center for Living Systems, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, University of Chicago

Postdoctoral Fellow · Chicago Fellow

Center for Living Systems, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology, University of Chicago

Postdoctoral Researcher

Prakash Lab, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University

Ph.D., Bioengineering

Stanford University — Prakash Lab

M.Tech, Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Section teaching assistant — Physiology course

Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole

Invited lecture — Biology with non-model organisms

Department of Biology, Stanford University

Course creator and lead instructor — Geometry for Biologists

Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University

Teaching assistant — Physical Biology of the Cell

Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University

Teaching assistant — Vibration and Control

Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur

Teaching assistant — Theory of Mechanisms and Machines

Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur

Academic mentor — Introduction to Life Sciences

Institute Counselling Service, IIT Kanpur

Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

Roughly 25 fellows selected from about 600 applicants

Chicago Fellows Program

Biological Sciences Division, University of Chicago

Center for Living Systems Fellowship

University of Chicago

Schmidt Science Fellowship — finalist

Final interview round

Best talk award, Bioengineering Annual Retreat

Stanford University

Bio-X travel award, APS March Meeting

Stanford University

Siebel Scholars Fellowship

Stanford University

Bio-X Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship

Stanford University

Stanford Graduate Fellowship (Smith Fellow)

Stanford University

Charpak Research Scholarship

Embassy of France in India

Tarun Sondhi Memorial Scholarship

Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur

First place, Innovation & Manufacturing Practices (Techkriti)

IIT Kanpur — pedal-driven multi-tool carpenter bench

KVPY Scholarship (SA stream), All-India rank 80

DST & IISc, India

Python · MATLAB · C · Discrete & continuum simulation · Finite element analysis · Mechatronics · Soft fabrication & prototyping · Optics engineering

Microscopy and imaging · Tissue culture · Wet lab · Ocean science · Fieldwork

Soft matter physics · Complex systems · Evolution · Morphogenesis · Geometry · Design