Experience

Capricornia Contact Lens Pty Ltd

• Australia
• Medical Device
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Polymer Chemist

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Australia Involved in all aspects of materials development for Silicone-Hybrid contact lens applications in liaison with experts in various areas within the contact lens industry.

• Polymer Chemist

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  Australia



Deakin University

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Researcher

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2021

  Institute for Frontier Materials, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216 Developed novel approach to recyclable thermosets and designed polymers for textile treatment applications.



Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate-B

  • May 2017 - May 2018

  Richland/Kennewick/Pasco, Washington Area - Synthesized polymerizable ionic liquid monomers and lipophilic ionic liquid copolymers as functional viscosity index modifiers that also showed improvement in wear reduction. - Studied the influence of the architecture of well-defined ionic liquid polymers on friction and wear performance. In the polymers studied, ionic liquids did not afford any better friction and wear performance compared to polar non-ionic copolymers.



Australian Institute of Bioengineerinng and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland

• Post-Doctoral Fellow

  • May 2015 - Oct 2016

  Brisbane, Australia Polymer Synthesis, Controlled Polymerization Techniques, Polymer Characterization, Organic Chemistry, Click Chemistry.



Aditya Birla Group

• India
• Executive Offices
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager-Epoxy Composites @ Performance Materials Research Center

  • Sep 2014 - Apr 2015

  MIDC Taloja, Panvel - Formulation development of Epoxy products for Structural Composites and Electrical applications.



Alcon

• Switzerland
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Scientist

  • Oct 2012 - Jul 2014

  Greater Atlanta Area Polymer Synthesis and Macromolecular Engineering for development of Silicone-hybrid macro-monomers for contact lens and contact lens care materials.



Southern Methodist University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD candidate and Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2007 - Sep 2012

  Research Assistant in Polymer Chemistry (Advisor: Prof. Brent S Sumerlin) THESIS RESEARCH - Synthesized well-defined boronic acid and furan functional block copolymers using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. - Applied RAFT polymerization and dynamic covalent chemistry of boronic acid-, furan-, and Thiol/disulfide- functional polymers towards design of novel dynamic/reversible macromolecular star architectures. - Synthesized a RAFT… Show more Research Assistant in Polymer Chemistry (Advisor: Prof. Brent S Sumerlin) THESIS RESEARCH - Synthesized well-defined boronic acid and furan functional block copolymers using reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization. - Applied RAFT polymerization and dynamic covalent chemistry of boronic acid-, furan-, and Thiol/disulfide- functional polymers towards design of novel dynamic/reversible macromolecular star architectures. - Synthesized a RAFT chain-transfer agent that was further used for synthesis of responsive Polymer-protein conjugates via the grafting-to and grafting-from routes. TEACHING -Helped Dr. Brent S. Sumerlin as an instructor for the "Introduction to Polymer Chemistry" Course (Spring 2012). - Teaching assistant for the General Chemistry and Organic Chemistry Laboratories (2007-2010). Show less



Asian Paints

• India
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Paint Technologist

  • Jul 2003 - Jul 2007

  - Provided R&D and Technical support to International Business Units of APL. - Developed new coating formulations (mainly for the decorative coatings business) as per market requirements. - Deputed to Berger paints (Myanmar) for a period of 22 days for post installation trials of paint processing equipment and for improvement of formulation efficiency of existing products. -Worked on development and formulation efficiency of alkyd, and acrylic based architectural coatings -… Show more - Provided R&D and Technical support to International Business Units of APL. - Developed new coating formulations (mainly for the decorative coatings business) as per market requirements. - Deputed to Berger paints (Myanmar) for a period of 22 days for post installation trials of paint processing equipment and for improvement of formulation efficiency of existing products. -Worked on development and formulation efficiency of alkyd, and acrylic based architectural coatings - Developed a premium segment, water based easy to clean interior wall finish for the South Asian decorative paints market. - Familiarized to ISO 9001:2000, 5S and British Safety Council (BSC) work practices. Show less