Principal Investigator

Education:

 

• Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2018)

• M.Sc., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (2012)

• B.Sc. Hons., Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (2010)
   

Professional Experience:

 

• Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India, Aug. 2024 onwards

• Scientist, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, 2023-2024

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 2022-2023

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Imperial College London, London, UK, 2020-2022

• Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2018-2019

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Awards and Honors:

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• Manohar Parrikar Yuva Scientist Award Finalist (2023), Goa, India.

• Karolinska Institute Research Foundation Grant (2022–24), Stockholm, Sweden.

• MSCA Vinnova Postdoctoral Fellowship (2022–24), Swedish Innovation Agency Vinnova, Sweden.

• Karolinska Institute Travel Grant (2022), for global research visit.

• IUPAC–Solvay International Award for Young Chemists (2020), one of five globally selected for impactful doctoral dissertations in chemical sciences.

• Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2020–22), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany (Not availed).

• ETH Zürich Postdoctoral Fellowship (2020–22), ETH Zürich, Switzerland (Not availed).

• Metrohm Young Chemist Award (2019), for innovation in research, Metrohm India and IIT Bombay, India.

• Weizmann Institute of Science Travel Award (2019), to attend the Weizmann–India Joint Exchange Meeting, Rehovot, Israel.

• ACS Best Poster Award (2019), 24th CRSI National Symposium, IIT Madras and CSIR–CLRI, Chennai, India.

• RSC Invited Lecture (2019), 13th CRSI RSC Joint Symposium, IIT Madras and CSIR–CLRI, Chennai, India.

• Best Poster Award and Pitch Talk (2018), Metals in Medicine, Gordon Research Conference, Andover, New Hampshire, USA.

• Best Poster Award (2017), Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC–XVII), NCL, IISER, SPPU, Pune, India.

• Best Poster Award (2017), Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Day, IISc, Bangalore, India.

• IASc–INSA–NASI Summer Research Fellowship (2011), Indian Academy of Sciences, at IIT Kharagpur, India.

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