Experience

Rarebase

• United States
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Scientist I, Phenotypic Screening

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  Palo Alto, California, United States



Global Regulatory Writing & Consulting (GLOBAL)

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical Device Associate Writer

  • Oct 2020 - Mar 2022

  Fremont, California, United States • Wrote and reviewed all major sections of clinical evaluation reports (CERs) for medical devices to ensure compliance with EU regulations • CER experience includes devices for extracorporeal support and circulation, structural heart, and surgical guidance systems for cancer diagnostics



University of Pennsylvania

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Sep 2018 - Aug 2020

  Greater Philadelphia Area • Conducted a comparative study of commonly used functional connectivity measures based on their sensitivity to motion artifact • Assisted in implementing state-of-the-art preprocessing pipelines for resting-state fMRI data for a number of projects • Implemented novel network control framework to investigate the mechanistic basis of benzodiazepine action in the brain



Center for Written, Oral and Visual Communication, Rice University

• Peer Consultant

  • Aug 2017 - Sep 2018

  Houston, Texas Area Worked with students on essays, personal statements, and oral presentations.



Science Media Center - Indian Institute of Science

• Writer

  • Jul 2016 - Sep 2018

  Worked with scientists and editorial team to write press releases for scientific papers by research institutions in the Bengaluru area. Selected popular science articles: Flatworms have more complex vision than previously thought, find researchers Research Matters, October 30, 2017 https://researchmatters.in/article/flatworms-have-more-complex-vision-previously-thought-find-researchers The brain’s silent memory archives Deccan Herald, October 3… Show more Worked with scientists and editorial team to write press releases for scientific papers by research institutions in the Bengaluru area. Selected popular science articles: Flatworms have more complex vision than previously thought, find researchers Research Matters, October 30, 2017 https://researchmatters.in/article/flatworms-have-more-complex-vision-previously-thought-find-researchers The brain’s silent memory archives Deccan Herald, October 3, 2017 http://www.deccanherald.com/content/635875/brains-silent-memory-archives.html Whose scat is this: tiger or leopard? Deccan Herald, July 26, 2016 http://www.deccanherald.com/content/560147/whose-scat-tiger-leopard.html Show less



Rice University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2012 - Aug 2018

  • Developed time-lapse, immunostaining and calcium imaging protocols for long-term study of developing human neural progenitor cells • Implemented a workflow for the application of graph theory to study the spatial and functional topography of cells from microscope images • Developed a user-friendly software package for implementation of cellular spatial analysis



Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

• India
• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2011 - Jul 2012

  Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Performed research in the Multidisciplinary and Multi-scale Device and Design Lab under Prof. G.K. Ananthasuresh. • Optimized design of tissue engineering bioreactors through simulations of oxygen transport • Designed and tested oxygen sensors embedded in bioreactors to measure rate of oxygen consumption by cells under continuous flow conditions