Experience

Deep Origin
• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Product

  • 2023 - Present


Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • 2021 - 2022

  Postdoc in Feng Zhang's lab. Worked on developing tools to enable cell specific delivery of genes and proteins.



Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • 2021 - 2022

  Postdoc in Feng Zhang's lab. Worked on developing tools to enable cell specific delivery of genes and proteins.



Cornell University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Associate

  • Jun 2021 - Sep 2021

• Doctoral Researcher

  • Aug 2014 - May 2021

  Ithaca, New York Area • 7 years of working autonomously to design, execute, interpret, and present research studies • Invented behavioral paradigms and developed software for closed-loop hardware control and data logging • Established instrumentation for fiber photometry, one-photon microscopy, and virtual-reality techniques • Performed in vivo recordings of dopamine neurons in mice and discovered a new model of dopamine function • Developed a neural imaging analysis pipeline, established surgery… Show more • 7 years of working autonomously to design, execute, interpret, and present research studies • Invented behavioral paradigms and developed software for closed-loop hardware control and data logging • Established instrumentation for fiber photometry, one-photon microscopy, and virtual-reality techniques • Performed in vivo recordings of dopamine neurons in mice and discovered a new model of dopamine function • Developed a neural imaging analysis pipeline, established surgery methods, and discovered that serotonin neurons flip their activity to movement at different threat levels. Published in Science • Published a primer aimed at non-experts on optogenetics – a transformative technology in neuroscience • Received Mong Neurotech Fellowship for a cross-functional tech development project to combine multiphoton microscopy with optogenetics • Mentored and managed a team of 2 undergraduate students and 1 graduate student



Vethaloga Vidhyalaya Educational Trust

• Manager

  • Aug 2020 - Dec 2020

  India • Led the transition to online lectures by deploying software infrastructure for 1400 students • Built a team of designers and staff and trained 40 teachers in using electronic design tools for online lectures. Designed surveys and solicited feedback. Data indicated improved quality of classes and increased student attendance by 20% • Developed and implemented a digital ad campaign. Resulted in 10 leads during a time of market decline • Served as a liaison and negotiated terms of… Show more • Led the transition to online lectures by deploying software infrastructure for 1400 students • Built a team of designers and staff and trained 40 teachers in using electronic design tools for online lectures. Designed surveys and solicited feedback. Data indicated improved quality of classes and increased student attendance by 20% • Developed and implemented a digital ad campaign. Resulted in 10 leads during a time of market decline • Served as a liaison and negotiated terms of partnership with an ed-tech firm. This resulted in a 50% cost reduction Show less



Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune

• India
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Masters Student

  • 2012 - 2014

  Pune, Maharashtra, India Neural Regulation of Feeding Drive: • Mapped the expression of four CART genes in zebrafish brain with cellular resolution. • Identified novel regions in zebrafish brain which exhibited differential and spatially distinct response upon changes in energy status



The Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg

• Germany
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• DAAD-WISE fellow

  • May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Germany Used electrophysiology and optogenetic techniques to induce synaptic plasticity and quantified structural changes using confocal microscopy