I did my Ph.D. from Michigan State University in Physical-Analytical chemistry under the supervision of Professor Gary J. Blanchard. During my Ph.D., I worked on the molecular ordering on the charged interface. We focus on the deep inside on the local and long range order in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs) using Fluorescence Anisotropic Decay Imaging (FADI), Time-Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC), and Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) Sepctroscopy. Later, we worked on realting this long range order to molecular ordering by investigating both the charged and neutral region with the help of cresyl violet (charged) and perylene (neutral) chromophore probe. I worked to exhibit the piezoelectric effect of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs), a proof of concept for RTILs which disply a free charge density gradients in the presence charged interface which extends over tens of micrometers.

Currently, I am a postdoctoral research associate in Chemistry Department at Purdue University under Prof. Shelley Claridge. In my postdoctoral research, I am studying the kinetics of on-surface polymerization of double chain lipids e.g., 1,2-bis (10,12-tricosdiynoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DiynePC) and 1,2-bis (10,12-tricosdiynoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DiynePE). This kinetic study is crucial as it serves as one of the curcial factors to control the domain size which ultimately a determining factor of transferability of patterned surface to softmaterials such as PDMS and hydrogels.

I have two daughters with whom I love to spend my leisure time either by playing games, watching movies, exploring nearby scenic beauty.