Staff Research Scientist, Red Sea Research Center, BESE Division, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (2019-present)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Pathogen Genomics Laboratory, BESE Division, King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (2017-2018)
Project: Diagnostic meta’omics' and use of ‘omics' approaches for pathogen discovery
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Arnab Pain
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Symbiosis, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
(2013-2016)
Project: ‘Omics’ analyses of endosymbionts of invertebrates at hydrocarbon seeps and hydrothermal vents
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nicole Dubilier
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Ph.D. Researcher, National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, India & University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
(2008-2013)
Project: Methanotrophy and associated microflora in Lonar Lake, a meteor impact crater
Supervisor: Dr. Milind S. Patole; UKIERI collaborator/co-PI: Prof. Dr. J. Colin Murrell
Visiting Researcher, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, India (2007)
Project: Understanding the neural correlates of olfactory behavior in Drosophila
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Obaid Siddiqi, FRS
M.Sc. Researcher, National Institute for Cholera & Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata, India (2006-2007)
Project: Characterization of antimicrobial resistance genes among non-typhoidal Salmonella strains
Supervisor: Dr. T. Ramamurthy
B.Sc. Researcher, Periyar University, Salem, India (2005)
Project: Analysis of Agrobacterium biodiversity in South India
Supervisor: Multiple faculties at college