Educational Background

Ph.D., Nutritional Sciences

The Pennsylvania State University(Penn State)

Department of Nutritional Sciences

Fall 2020 - present

Master's in Biotechnology

University of Pennsylvania

Fall 2018 - Spring 2020

Bachelor of Engineering (Biotechnology)

R.V.College of Engineering

2014-2018

Work experience and projects

Graduate research experience

Ph.D candidate

Metabolic Kitchen and Children's Eating Behavior Lab
Penn State

Sept 2022 to present

I am currently working on projects to understand the neural, behavioral and cognitive phenotypes that are predictive of risk and resilience to adiposity in children using data-driven analyses.

Ph.D student

Pre-clinical neural mechanisms for obesity in rodent models

Penn State

Aug 2020-Oct 2022

During my time here, I worked on projects involved in understanding the role of different neuropeptides like GLP-1, ghrelin, amylin, and oxytocin to understand their neural pathways for obesity, eating behaviors, and co-morbidities like anxiety in rat models.

Masters - Graduate Research Assistant

Institute of Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at UPenn

Oct 2018 - May 2020

At the Baur lab, I worked as a part-time graduate student researcher trying to understand the mechanisms involving NAD+ and gut microbiome in in obesity and aging mice models.

Indian Institute of Science, Microbiology and Cell Biology Department (Bengaluru, India)

Undergraduate Research Intern

Jun 2017 – Jul 2017

Worked on the production of gene knockouts in a research directed at mutant E.coli resistant to Trimethoprim. Also, helped on a project involved in the pre-clinical studies for production of typhoid vaccine

Biocon Ltd, Biosimilars Production (Bengaluru, India)

Jul 2016 – Aug 2016

Worked in cell culture and upstream department of Biosimilars department involved in the production of Monoclonal antibodies for breast cancer therapy