Professional Snapshot

Selected Scientific Communication and Leadership:

Author & InventorPublished over 20 peer-reviewed publications (additionally, 4 manuscripts as lead and corresponding author under preparation), multiple book chapters with major publishers, and produced numerous successful grant proposals. Produced invention disclosures for commercially-focused technologies developed in collaboration with industry leaders like Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, AstraZeneca, and Valent USA. 

Invited Expert & Speaker

•  Recognized as a subject matter expert with invited talks and colloquia at international universities and for industry groups, including IISER Kolkata, Ashoka University, Kent State University, and the American Chemical Society (ACS).•  Served as a consultant for companies like Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, TNG Capital Partners, and Earth Angel projects.

•  Dedicated contributor to the scientific community, actively engaged in peer review and holding memberships in distinguished (invite-only) professional organizations. Reviewer for prestigious journals, including the Journal of Food Science, where candidacy for the review board is pending, as well as for Sustainable Chemical Engineering, Engineering and Applied Science Research.

•  Professional affiliations include lifetime memberships in the Indian Chemical Society (ICS) and Phi Tau Sigma, the Honor Society of Food Science and Technology, alongside active membership in the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).

Award-Winning Scientific Speaker for a Larger Audience (proposals/ grants submitted as an individual)

•  Recipient of the internationally competitive Mistletoe Research Fellowship ($10,000) and further distinguished as the Winner of the start-up pitch competition.

•  Won the global CoSolve Sustainability competition by AstraZeneca, securing $25,000 in seed money for innovative manufacturing solutions.•  Recipient of PDA Summer Travel Award ($750) at The Ohio State University.

•  Recipient of IMR Kickstart Facility Grant Award at The Ohio State University- Autumn 2023 $2500.•  Named a Finalist and Winner for "Best Potential" at the UMass Lowell Clean Green Challenge for proposal on recycled materials and safer chemicals.Professional Service, Outreach, Panelist & Community Leader

•  Selected as an expert Panelist at the IFT FIRST Annual Expo to discuss solutions for plastic waste.

•  Actively contributes to the scientific community by serving as a session judge for university research forums and a member of professional committees for the ACS Rubber Division and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT).

• Committee roles in ACS RubberDivision & Institute of Food Technologists, STEM outreach speaker and science-communication contributor.

•  Demonstrated a strong commitment to mentorship, having trained and supervised over a dozen students from high school to the graduate level; guided an undergraduate mentee’s research for an year as PI with a grant from Kellogg’s Foundation. Mentored a high-school teacher over the summer of 2019, that enabled her to win a best teacher award from the local ACS division.

Education 

Ph.D. Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University (2015)

M.Sc. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)–Madras (2009)

B.Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry, University of Calcutta (2007)

Scientific and Leadership Experience 

Senior Research Associate (PI Status) & Instructor – The Ohio State University (2022-2024)

•  Directed multidisciplinary chemistry projects, authored grant proposals and technical reports, managed a full-service materials science lab, and collaborated with Fortune-500 partners on sustainable-materials initiatives.

•  PI/Co-PI, >$200K External Research Funding.

•  Five Patents & Disclosures across therapeutics and sustainable polymers

Post-Doctoral Researcher  (2018-2022)

•  Advanced molecular-level studies spanning catalysis, polymers, and waste derived bio-materials; produced high-impact first author publications, book chapters, research reports and mentored graduate researchers.

Industry Scientist (Start-up Setting)– MPP Group LLC and Insys Therapeutics (2015-2018)

•  Oversaw analytical method development, quality documentation, and cross-departmental product development; liaised with vendors and contract manufacturers.

Mentorship Experience

Directed chemistry and biochemistry instruction and served as Faculty Lead for the Student-Retention Office. Designed comprehensive syllabi, laboratory manuals, assessment rubrics, and grading workflows; transmitted final grades & course reports to the registrar; and authored new inquiry-based lab experiments. Administered the university’s content-management platform (LMS) for STEM courses. As a member of the University-Industry Research-Excellence Committee, co-developed blueprints for coalition research centers, and leveraged personal research funds to purchase analytical instrumentation, launching an on-campus student research center.

Implemented active, inclusive pedagogy (student-evaluation average4.73/5); secured undergraduate research funding and supervised students through to poster presentations and award-winning projects. Served as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the historic first HBCU in USA.

Instrumental & Technical Proficiency

•  Molecular Design → Scale-Up Synthesis

Skilled in air- and moisture-sensitive organic, organometallic, and polymer syntheses, advancing bench reactions to kilogram-scale under inert atmosphere and continuous-flow conditions.

•  Advanced Chromatography & Mass Spectrometry

–   HPLC / UPLC (reverse-phase, SEC, ion-exchange) and gel-permeation chromatography for small molecules, peptides, and high-Mw polymers.

–   High-resolution MS (ESI-HRMS, LC-MS/MS) and MALDI-TOF for end-group analysis, impurity forensics, and intact-mass confirmation of bio-macromolecules.

•  Multinuclear NMR Suite

1- & 2-D experiments (¹H, ¹³C, ¹F, ³¹P, COSY, HSQC, HMBC, NOESY) for mechanistic studies, polymer tacticity, and residual-monomer quantification.

•  Thermal & Mechanical Characterization

–   DSC, TGA, and DMA for Tg/Tm mapping, degradation kinetics, cross-link density, and viscoelastic profiling.

–   Rheometry and texture analysis to correlate formulation changes with end-use performance in coatings, films, and food matrices.

•  Barrier & Surface Analytics

–           WVTR / OTR (MOCON), DVS sorption, contact-angle geometry, SEM, and AFM.

–           Polymer & Coating Processing

–           Twin-screw extrusion, micro-extrusion, reactive extrusion, slot-die and roll-to-roll coating; scale-up from 100 g bench batches to 10 kg pilot lots while maintaining property targets.

•  Quality Systems & Validation

Authored IQ/OQ/PQ protocols, GMP-compliant SOPs, and risk assessments for chromatography, mass spectrometry, and polymer-processing assets; trained cross-functional teams in safe, data-integrity-driven operation.

PATENTS AND INVENTION DISCLOSURES
• Therapeutic compounds, United States Patent- US 20180319751 A1
• Development of an Economically Viable Environmentally Friendly Labelling Adhesive for PET Packages. T2023-022
• Water-based, plant-based, sustainable coating material for packaging and other applications. T2024-140
• Sustainable, water-based, washing solutions for cleaning pesticide delivery hoses. T2025-044
• Burnt cooking-oil and FDCA based bio-derived materials and coating formulation. T2025-045