ACADEMIC POSITIONS

May 2024 - till date University of Southampton, UK

Lecturer in Advanced Cell Biology

Oct 2022 – April 2024 Stanford University, USA

Instructor (Non-tenured faculty) in

Molecular and Cellular Physiology

POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS

Jan 2018 – Oct 2022 Stanford University School of Medicine, USA

HHMI Associate, EMBO Fellow and Hillblom Fellow

Advisor: Professor Thomas Südhof, MD, ForMemRS.

(Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2013)

Oct 2015 – Jan 2018 King’s College London, UK

Postdoctoral Research Associate.

Advisor: Professor Fiona Watt, DPhil, FRS.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Sept 2010 – Oct 2015 University of Cambridge and King’s College London, UK

PhD Student. Advisor: Professor Fiona Watt, DPhil, FRS.

Thesis: Phenogenomics studies in mammalian skin

Jan 2009 – Aug 2010 Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK

Advanced Research Assistant

Dec 2007 – Dec 2008 University of Göttingen, Germany

DFG-Scientific Intern

Aug 2006 – Nov 2007 Institute of Basic Medical Sciences

University of Madras, India

Research Scholar

Jan 2005 – July 2006 Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, India

Project Assistant

CAREER DISTINCTIONS (PRIZES, AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS)

2024 RaRe Researcher Award (Rigor and Reproducibility Excellence)

Stanford Program on Research Rigor and Reproducibility

2021 Star Mentor Award, Stanford University

Bio-X Undergraduate Summer Research Program

2019 Fellow of the Academy for Future Leaders

European Society for Dermatological Research

2018 eLife Early-career Researchers Travel Award

2018 Zhongmei Chen Yong Travel Award for Scientific Excellence

International Society for Stem Cell Research

2017 Canadian Stem Cell Network Travel Award

2017, '15, '13 Honor Fell Travel Award, British Society for Cell Biology

2015 Outstanding Presentation Award

The International Mammalian Genome Conference, Japan

2015, 2017 Scholarships from International Mammalian Genome Society

2015 Eugene M. Farber Travel Award for Young Investigators

Society for Investigative Dermatology

2015, 2017 Junior Scientist Travel Award - Genetics Society, UK

2014 Travel Award, Graduate School of Life Sciences

University of Cambridge

2014 Selected to present Research Poster (SET for Britain)

Houses of Parliament, London

2013 Royal Society of Biology Travel Grant

2013 NIH-Mouse Genome Scholarship

International Mammalian Genome Society

2012 Travel and participatory award

OptiStem (Hydra Summer School, Greece)

2012-2015 Santander scholarship

Darwin College, University of Cambridge

2007-2008 German Research Foundation (DFG) Research Internship

University of Göttingen, Germany

INVITED LECTURES

2024 NIH Workshop on Publication Bias, Washington DC

2020 ADAMAS University, Kolkata, India - International Webinar

2020 University of Göttingen, Germany - Young science and Innovation

Symposium

2017 King’s College London - London Skin Club

2017 Czech Centre for Phenogenomics, Prague – Institutional Seminar

2017 King’s College London - Stem Cells @ Lunch Seminar

2017 Crick Institute, London - Stem Cell Forum

2016 KU Leuven, Belgium - Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Seminar

2015 Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge - Mouse Genetics Programme

Seminar

2014 University of Göttingen, Germany - Institute of Human Genetics

Seminar

ACADEMIC & UNIVERSITY SERVICES

2023 Panel member, Rigor & Reproducibility Colloquium

Stanford University, USA

2022 Judge - student presentations at the Annual Biomedical

Conference for Minoritized Scientists, USA

2022 Member, Stanford Program on Research Rigor &

Reproducibility (SPORR)

2022 – 2023 Guest Associate editor – Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

2022 – present Reviewer – eLIFE’s Early Career Reviewer Pool

2022 – 2023 Bio-protocol Ambassador (promoting open science,

reproducibility and preprints)

2020 – present Ad hoc reviewer - FASEB Journal, PLoS Genetics, PLoS ONE,

Bio-protocol, Life Science Alliance

2022 – 2023 Cabinet member - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Dept of

Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University

2019 – 2020 Ambassador, eLIFE Early Career Researchers Community,

moderator – ECRCentral

2014 – present Member, Society for Developmental Biology

2013 – present Member, American Society for Cell Biology

2013 – present Full member, The Genetics Society, UK

2012 – present Member, British Society for Cell Biology

2013 – present Member, International Mammalian Genome Society

2012 – present Member, Royal Society of Biology, UK

SCIENCE OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

2020 Commissioned and performed a

native language (Tamil) podcast

on skin stem cells for

IndSciComm

2019 Speaker for SMASH Stanford STEM program

2018 – present Speaker for Skype A Scientist

2017 – present Member of Scientific Committee and

Ambassador for The English Brain Bee

2017 – present Ambassador, STEM UK

2017 Professional training on public engagement

by the Royal Society of Biology,

2016 Invited to attend Biology Week at the

UK Houses of Parliament, London

2016 Resident Expert Biologist for the

Royal Society of Biology at “New Scientist

Live” science exhibition

2014 – 2018 Blogger for wattlab and the Node, a

community portal for developmental

biologists

2016 Contributed to a film for “Utopia

2016” exhibition, Somerse House, London

2009 – 2010 Genome Campus tour leader,

Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK