Position:
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Post-doctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University
Work:
Johns Hopkins University
- Baltimore, Maryland Area since Mar 2011
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute Post-doctoral Fellow
Institute of Microbial Technology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Aug 2005 - Dec 2010
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CSIR Research Fellow
Delhi University
- New Delhi Area, India Mar 2005 - Jul 2005
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Junior Research Fellow
Delhi University
Jul 2004 - Dec 2004
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Project Fellow
Education:
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 2012 - 2012
Workshop Certificate, Research Leadership
Jawaharlal Nehru University 2005 - 2010
PhD, Structure Biology
Chaudhary Charan Singh University 2001 - 2003
MSc, Microbiology
University of Delhi 1997 - 2001
B.Sc. (H), Microbiology
Skills:
Biochemistry, Drug Discovery, Molecular Biology, Protein Expression, Life Sciences, X-ray crystallography, Biophysics, NMR spectroscopy, Protein Chemistry, Protein-protein Interactions, Isothermal Titration Calorimetry, Western Blotting, Enzyme Assays, Enzyme Kinetics, Enzyme Activity, Microbiology, Protein Purification, Genetic Engineering, Protein Engineering, Lifesciences, NMR, Bioinformatics, Cell Culture, Structural Biology
Interests:
Poetry and Painting, Science and Technology, Biking
Awards:
Best PhD Thesis Award, 2010
Institute of Microbial Technology
Best Thesis Award for the year 2010 by Institute of Microbial Technology, CSIR, Chandigarh.
Best Poster Award
University of Madras
Presented a poster on "Structural studies on the enzymes of FAD biosynthesis pathway from Salmonella typhimurium" in the International Conference on Crystallography, organized by University of Madras, Chennai, and was awarded 1st prize.
CSIR JRF/UGC NET for Lectureship, 2004
CSIR and UGC
Qualified CSIR/UGC NET/JRF with an eligibility for SPM fellowship (top 20% rankers)
GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering)
IIT, Delhi