Experience

Giner, Inc.

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Project Engineer

  • Jul 2022 - Present

• Project Engineer

  • Jan 2020 - Jul 2022



University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Sep 2014 - Dec 2019

  - Developed guar-gum based biopolymer binders with high elastic modulus for silicon anodes and demonstrated their structural stability as compared to low elastic modulus PVDF binder- Studied the positive effect of pulsed current electrodeposition technique on the first cycle irreversible loss oberved in thin-film silicon anodes- Designed and fabricated novel mattes of sulfur-polymer wires that can potentially be used in flexible wearable batteries - Investigated the use of the Lewis acid-base interaction between Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) and sulfur to prevent polysulfide dissolution in lithium-sulfur batteries - Developed composite polymer electrolytes with superior ionic conductivities and mechanical properties to suppress the dissolution of polysulfides in lithium-sulfur batteries and prevent dendrites in lithium-metal batteries- Designed and developed a coin-cell architecture to study the effect of dopants on room temperature ionic conductivity of lithium phosphates and lithium silicates using AC impedance spectroscopy



University of Pittsburgh

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Sep 2013 - Apr 2018

  CHEM 0110 - General Chemistry 1 (Fall 2013)CHEM 0120 - General Chemistry 2 (Spring 2014)CHE 0100 - Foundations of Chemical Engineering (Fall 2016)CHE 0214 - Introduction to Chemical Product Design (Spring 2017)CHE0613 - Systems Engineering 2: Process Design (Spring 2018) CHEM 0110 - General Chemistry 1 (Fall 2013)CHEM 0120 - General Chemistry 2 (Spring 2014)CHE 0100 - Foundations of Chemical Engineering (Fall 2016)CHE 0214 - Introduction to Chemical Product Design (Spring 2017)CHE0613 - Systems Engineering 2: Process Design (Spring 2018)



Central Electrochemical Research Institute (cecri)

• India
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2010 - Apr 2013

  - Developed novel composites of carbon with in-situ generated bismuth and metal oxides and studied their performance as anodes in lithium-ion batteries - Electrochemically evaluated various anionic, cationic and zwitterionic ionic liquids as electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries - Improved the performance of layered lithium-rich NMC cathodes by precisely optimizing the composition of lithium and constituent metals - Developed novel composites of carbon with in-situ generated bismuth and metal oxides and studied their performance as anodes in lithium-ion batteries - Electrochemically evaluated various anionic, cationic and zwitterionic ionic liquids as electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries - Improved the performance of layered lithium-rich NMC cathodes by precisely optimizing the composition of lithium and constituent metals



IISER Mohali

• India
• Research Services
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Summer Research Fellow

  • May 2012 - Jul 2012

  - Optimized reaction parameters to improve the efficiency of homogeneous catalysts used in biodiesel synthesis via transesterification reaction- Devised an electrochemical method to recover sodium from the byproduct of the transesterification reaction - Optimized reaction parameters to improve the efficiency of homogeneous catalysts used in biodiesel synthesis via transesterification reaction- Devised an electrochemical method to recover sodium from the byproduct of the transesterification reaction



BARC

• India
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Research Intern

  • May 2011 - Jul 2011

  - Encapsulated self-assembled nanostructures into biopolymer gels and studied the effect of block-copolymer concentration on micelle diffusion - Investigated light scattering and rheological properties of the gels using Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Viscometry - Encapsulated self-assembled nanostructures into biopolymer gels and studied the effect of block-copolymer concentration on micelle diffusion - Investigated light scattering and rheological properties of the gels using Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) and Viscometry