Education


2011

Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Advisor: Wonmuk Hwang
Thesis: "Computational studies of the mechanical inhomogeneity of tropomyosin, and the directed and cooperative motility of the ncd motor"   [TAMULIB]

2008

M.S., Biomedical Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Advisor: Wonmuk Hwang
Thesis: "Characterization of bending stiffness and spontaneous buckling in α-helices and coiled-coils"   [TAMULIB]

2003

B.E., Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
University of Madras, Chennai, India
Thesis: "Acoustic emission analysis using wavelet transforms"



Work Experience


2015-2016

Post-doctoral Fellow
World-wide Medicinal Chemistry
Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, MA

2011-Present

Post-doctoral Fellow
Computer Aided Drug Design Center
University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD

2005-2011

Graduate Research Assistant
Molecular Biomechanics Lab
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

2004-2005

Software Engineer
Communications & Embedded Systems Division
Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Mumbai, India

2002-2003

Research Intern
Vehicle Assembly and Static Test Facilities
Indian Space Research Organization, Sriharikota, India