Experience

Ceres Nanosciences, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Chemist

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Manassas, Virginia, United States

• Research Scientist

  • Jan 2019 - Mar 2021

  Manassas, Virginia - Design and synthesis of hydrogel-based nano-particles for clinical detection of diseases: cancer, bacteria and virus. - Employing a multi-disciplinary approach encompassing chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology and molecular biology to develop a complete workflow of harvesting PCR-quality DNA from patient samples for efficient Next Gen Sequencing in disease detection. - Scaled up manufacturing of virus-capturing particles utilized for enhanced detection of… Show more - Design and synthesis of hydrogel-based nano-particles for clinical detection of diseases: cancer, bacteria and virus. - Employing a multi-disciplinary approach encompassing chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology and molecular biology to develop a complete workflow of harvesting PCR-quality DNA from patient samples for efficient Next Gen Sequencing in disease detection. - Scaled up manufacturing of virus-capturing particles utilized for enhanced detection of COVID-19 infection.



Northern Virginia Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Adjunct Faculty

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Manassas, Virginia, USA ● Lecturing in General Chemistry. ● Laboratory instructor in General Chemistry.



George Mason University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Doctoral Researcher

  • Aug 2010 - May 2018

  United States ● Highly independent and limitedly supervised research focused on development of peptide drug for anti-microbial and anti-cancer therapeutic purposes in collaboration with 1 cross-disciplinary research faculty. ● Rational Design of Antimicrobial Peptide-drugs resulting in 3+ patentable lead compounds: i. Identification of bacteria and cancer/tumor cell-membrane disrupting structural motifs in peptide drug candidates after extensive literature mining involving linear and… Show more ● Highly independent and limitedly supervised research focused on development of peptide drug for anti-microbial and anti-cancer therapeutic purposes in collaboration with 1 cross-disciplinary research faculty. ● Rational Design of Antimicrobial Peptide-drugs resulting in 3+ patentable lead compounds: i. Identification of bacteria and cancer/tumor cell-membrane disrupting structural motifs in peptide drug candidates after extensive literature mining involving linear and macrocyclic molecules. ii. Finding amino acid sequence characteristics essential for Endo-toxin binding and Selective cancer-cell targeting by the peptides. iii. Selective sequence substitution for enhancing selective bacterial and cancer/tumor cell-membrane activities in the peptide- drug candidates. ● Developed High-Throughput cell-survival assay to bring uniformity, speed and reproducibility in evaluating the peptide-molecules against multiple bacterial strains. ● Modification of peptide by selective esterification producing 1 antimicrobial peptide-lipid conjugate. ● Assisted fellow PhD researcher in successful development of 3+ small-molecule drug inhibitors against caspases associated with auto-immune and Alzheimer’s diseases. Conducted liquid-chromatographic purification of the compounds and evaluated the inhibitory effects on enzyme kinetics.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - Dec 2017

  Virginia, USA ● Laboratory instructor for undergrad students in General Chemistry, Organic chemistry and Biochemistry. ● Train undergrad students in practical laboratory chemistry and techniques such as setting up experiments, titrations, organic synthesis, purification, identification and validation, organic spectroscopy (IR, NMR). ● Improvise course lessons and design experiments to supplement the theoretical understanding of chemistry in students. ● Grade students’ lab-reports, prepare… Show more ● Laboratory instructor for undergrad students in General Chemistry, Organic chemistry and Biochemistry. ● Train undergrad students in practical laboratory chemistry and techniques such as setting up experiments, titrations, organic synthesis, purification, identification and validation, organic spectroscopy (IR, NMR). ● Improvise course lessons and design experiments to supplement the theoretical understanding of chemistry in students. ● Grade students’ lab-reports, prepare daily quiz to assess students’ understanding and preparedness and conduct final exams. ● Lecturing in Chemistry and addressing student queries.



University of Calcutta

• Trainee (Molecular Virology)

  • Dec 2008 - Jun 2009

  Kolkata, India ● Assisted senior PhD students in Molecular Biology. ● Received extensive experience in DNA and RNA purification, reverse transcription, PCR, Cloning and Expression of Recombinant Protein in bacteria. ● Conducted protein purification (utilizing AKTA purifier), Gel Electrophoresis and Western Blot. ● Received acknowledgement [Virology 2010 Vol. 407 (1): 33-42].



TCG Lifesciences Pvt Ltd.

• India
• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Junior Research Chemist

  • Oct 2007 - Aug 2008

  Chembiotek, Kolkata Area, India ● Synthesis of heterocyclic drug candidates by modern synthetic organic chemistry methods including microwave assisted reactions, in Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) compliant environment. ● Purification of compounds by Liquid Chromatography, including Biotage Combiflash and preparative TLC.



University of Calcutta

• Undergrad Researcher

  • Jun 2006 - May 2007

  Ballygunge Science College, Kolkata Area, India ● Studied toxicological stress related effects of gold nanoparticles on germination of jute seedlings. ● Evaluated kinetics of enzymes, such as peroxidases, and content of metabolites, such as vitamin C, utilizing combinations of UV-Visible Spectroscopy and titration methods.