Positions Held :
- Dr. PV Sukhatme Chair Professor Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2022-
- Professor : Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2018 –
- Associate Professor : Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2014 — 2018
- Assistant Professor : Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2009 — 2014
- Post-doctoral fellow : Institut Curie, Paris, France, 2007 — 2009. Worked with Prof. Jean-Francois Joanny and Prof. David Lacoste
- Post-doctoral fellow : University of Illinois at Chicago/Northwestern University, Evanston, USA, 2005 — 2007. Worked with Prof. John F. Marko
Education :
- Ph.D. : Physics, 2005, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. Thesis Advisor: Prof. P. B. Sunil Kumar.
- M. Sc. : Physics, 2000, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
- B. Sc. : Physics, 1997, Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, University of Calicut, Kerala.
- Schools : AUP School Marakkara, VVMHS Marakkara, MSMHS Kallingal Paramba, Kerala.
Recognitions:
- Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru
- Visiting Professor, University of California San Francisco 2022-2023
- Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship 2022-2023
- National Bioscience Award, DBT India, 2018
- Visiting Scientist, TIFR Mumbai 2017
- Excellence in Teaching Award, IIT Bombay, 2014
- Senior Innovative Young Investigator Award, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India, 2013-2014
- IIT Bombay Young Investigator Award, 2012
- Innovative Young Investigator Award, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India, 2009-2010
- Best PhD Thesis Award, Physics, IIT Madras, 2005