Curriculum vitae

Education

• Master’s research

  2026–2027

  Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics (MPI-IE), Freiburg, Germany

  Microbes, lactate and histone lactylation in the fruit-fly germline.

• BS-MS dual degree (Biology major, Chemistry minor)

  2022–2027 (expected)

  Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune, India

  Coursework includes developmental biology, epigenetics, genome biology, genetics, advanced molecular biology, biology and disease, microbiology, evolutionary biology, biochemistry, systems biology, cell biology, neurobiology, medicinal chemistry, data analysis, statistical learning and data science, and analytical chemistry.

Research experience

• Microbes, lactate and inheritance in the fly germline

  2026–2027

  MPI-IE, Freiburg

• Fluorescent biosensor for quantitative phosphate estimation; GTPase kinetics of FtsZ

  2025–2026

  IISER Pune · Supervisor: Prof. Gayathri Pananghat

• Regulation of translation in Drosophila embryonic development (oskar RNA–protein condensates)

  May–July 2025

  IIT Kharagpur · Supervisor: Prof. Mainak Bose

• Endoplasmic reticulum in protein quality control and tissue morphogenesis during Drosophila development

  2024–2025

  IISER Pune · Supervisor: Prof. Richa Rikhy

• Liquid–liquid phase separation of mouse prion protein

  May–July 2024

  IISER Pune · Supervisor: Prof. Jayant B. Udgaonkar

• Ecology and evolution: insect responses to light; plant–pathogen interactions

  September–October 2023

  IISER Pune · Supervisor: Prof. Sutirth Dey

Skills

Model organisms

Drosophila melanogaster · Escherichia coli

Molecular biology & genetics

PCR · Cloning · Human cell culture (HEK, HeLa) · smFISH · Fluorescent probe labelling · Protein tagging · Western blotting · Immunostaining of Drosophila tissues

Protein biochemistry

Protein extraction and quantification · Protein purification · UV–Vis spectrophotometry · Fluorescence quantification · Enzyme kinetics

Microscopy & imaging

Confocal microscopy · Live imaging of embryos · ImageJ/Fiji quantification and deconvolution

Computation

Python · R · Machine learning · Excel · UCSF Chimera · LaTeX · Zotero

Languages

English (fluent) · Hindi (fluent) · Sanskrit (elementary)

Presentations

• Poster: Exploring autophagy and endoplasmic reticulum morphogenesis during embryogenesis and oogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. IISER Pune

• Talk: Summer project presentation. Science Club talk series, IISER Pune, 2025

• Participant: Indian Science Festival 2024. IISER Pune

Outreach and service

• Volunteer, Disha Club. Education outreach for children from underprivileged backgrounds.

• Core member, Content and Communication in Science Club. Science communication at IISER Pune.

• Women in Science committee, IISER Pune. Regular attendee of talks and seminars.

Interests

Chess · Badminton · Carrom · Trekking