Experience

Electroninks Incorporated

• United States
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Scientist

  • May 2019 - Present

  Screen Printable Silver Inks for Printed Electronics Screen Printable Silver Inks for Printed Electronics



University of Connecticut

• Storrs

• Graduate Assistant

  • Aug 2014 - May 2019

  “All Organic Screen Printed Electrodes for Electrocardiography (ECG)” • Developed a prototype t-shirt for recording electrocardiogram response during exercise in dry skin conditions by optimizing the material composition and process parameters for printing of conducting formulation • Established a conducting hydrophobic polymer composition for recording ECG in underwater conditions “PEDOT:PSS wires on Textiles for Wearable Electronics.” Received UConn Prototype Funding to work towards developing highly conducting textiles • Developed all organic screen-printed wires on textiles with conductivity of 5000 S/cm, stable to wash with detergent and fabrication of a simple organic resistor circuit combining different printing techniques “All Organic Flexible Antenna Printed on Textiles Operating at 2.4 GHz.” • Demonstrated replacement of components of commercial Bluetooth antenna with PEDOT:PSS printed fabric in collaboration with Department of Electrical Engineering and School of Fine Arts “Dielectric Materials for Energy Storage”, Multi University Research Initiative (MURI) • Worked on synthesis of polyimides for developing organic dielectric materials with high dielectric constant • Synthesized Selenocyanate and Coumarin probes for investigating electrical breakdown in polymers



Saint Gobain Abrasives

• Bangalore

• Engineer-Research and Deveploment

  • Oct 2012 - Aug 2014

  • Commercialized antibacterial scrub pads for consumer applications by developing an abrasive formulation containing antibacterial additives along with optimization of process parameters for bulk production • Worked closely with Product Manager, Finance Manager and Vendors for exploring materials for addition of new products to portfolio of Nonwoven Abrasives division while being cost competitive • Commercialized antibacterial scrub pads for consumer applications by developing an abrasive formulation containing antibacterial additives along with optimization of process parameters for bulk production • Worked closely with Product Manager, Finance Manager and Vendors for exploring materials for addition of new products to portfolio of Nonwoven Abrasives division while being cost competitive



Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jun 2011 - May 2012

  • Prepared conducting blends of polymers using melt processing and demonstrated their application as vapor and strain sensors • Worked on recycling of Teflon using gamma radiation and developed composites using Teflon microparticles • Prepared conducting blends of polymers using melt processing and demonstrated their application as vapor and strain sensors • Worked on recycling of Teflon using gamma radiation and developed composites using Teflon microparticles



Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

• Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Intern

  • May 2009 - Jul 2009

  Radiation grafting of cotton fibre for incorporating antibacterial properties • Cotton fibers were demonstrated to be antibacterial by grafting 4-vinylbenzylthymine (VBT) and Acryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride (AETC) using radiation induced graft polymerization Radiation grafting of cotton fibre for incorporating antibacterial properties • Cotton fibers were demonstrated to be antibacterial by grafting 4-vinylbenzylthymine (VBT) and Acryloyloxyethyltrimethylammonium chloride (AETC) using radiation induced graft polymerization