Education
2018-2020
National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Telangana, India
2010 - 2015
University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
2006 - 2010
Institute of chemical technology (ICT), Formerly UDCT, Mumbai, India.
Post graduate diploma in Patent Law
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Chemistry
Bachelor in Technology (B.Tech) in chemical technology (Surface and polymer science)
Professional experience
Research Associate
Post-Doctoral Research Scholar
Patent analyst
Post-Doctoral Research Scholar
Graduate research and teaching assistant
July 2023 - Present
Department of Chemistry,
Duke University
Durham, NC, USA
Research area: Designing electrodes for alkaline water electrolyzer
Advisor: Prof. Benjamin Wiley
May 2021 - July 2023
Department of Chemistry,
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Research area: Revealing intermediates in electrochemical transformation on metal electrodes using spectroelectrochemical techniques
Advisor: Dr. Andrew J Wilson
January 2019 to April 2021
R. K. Dewan and Co.
Pune, India
Profile: Patent searching, patent drafting and patent prosecution
(Fields: Polymers and coatings, chemistry, nanotechnology, petrochemical, catalysis)
August 2015 to July 2018
Department of Chemistry, Temple University
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Research area: Imaging hydrogen evolution reaction of various inorganic cathode materials using optical microscopic techniques, Imaging SERS emission from the single particle SERS substrate (gap mode SERS)
Advisor: Dr. Katherine Willets
August 2015 to July 2018
Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Thesis title: Development of Optically Active Nanostructures for Potential Application in Sensing, Therapeutics and Imaging
Advisor: Dr. Peng Zhang
Awards, Scholarships and Grants
Summer doctoral enhancement award for excellence in research, University of Cincinnati, April 2015
Henry Hochester award for excellence in teaching, University of Cincinnati, April 2014
University Graduate Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, 2010-2015
Asian Paints Pvt. Ltd. scholarship, 2007-08, 2009-2010