Interests

Academic & otherwise!

Computational Biology/Bioinformatics

Host-pathogen Biology

Pathogenomics & Molecular Evolution

Drug Repurposing

Data Science & R

Education

Diversity

Reading #nonfiction

Music #vocal #keyboard

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Asst. Professor

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Aug 2022 – Present Aurora, CO
 
 
 
 
 

Asst. Professor

Michigan State University

Aug 2021 – Jul 2022 East Lansing, MI
Adjunct Asst. Prof since August 2022.
 
 
 
 
 

Co-founder & Co-organizer

AsiaR

Jul 2021 – Present Asia
 
 
 
 
 

Asst. Professor, Fixed-Term

Michigan State University

Feb 2021 – Jul 2021 East Lansing, MI
 
 
 
 
 

Co-founder & Co-organizer

Women+ Data Science

Jan 2019 – Present Michigan
 
 
 
 
 

Founder & Co-organizer

R-Ladies East Lansing

Jul 2018 – Present East Lansing, MI
 
 
 
 
 

Sr Research Associate

Michigan State University

Mar 2018 – Jan 2021 East Lansing, MI
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Scientist

NCBI, NIH

Jan 2017 – Mar 2017 Bethesda, MD
 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Scientist

Broad Institute @MIT, Harvard

Jan 2015 – Feb 2015 Cambridge, MA
 
 
 
 
 

Postdoctoral Researcher

Rutgers University

Jan 2012 – Oct 2017 Piscataway & Newark, NJ
 
 
 
 
 

Graduate Research Assistant

Virginia Tech

Aug 2006 – Dec 2011 Blacksburg, VA
 
 
 
 
 

Undergraduate Researcher

Indian Institute of Science

Aug 2004 – Dec 2006 Bangalore, India