Academic Record
PhD, Statistical Genetics, University of Kiel, Germany (2015)
MSc, Life Science Informatics, University of Bonn, Germany (2012)
Bachelor of Engineering, Biotechnology, Panjab University, India (2009)
Professional Career
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur (Jun 2019 – present)
Senior Data Scientist, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Hyderabad, India (Jan 2019 – Jun 2019)
Research Scientist, Corteva Agriscience, Hyderabad, India (Aug 2018 – Dec 2018)
Scientist, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany (Nov 2016 – July 2018)
Scientist, University of Kiel, Germany (Oct 2015 – Sept 2016)
Research Assistant, Helmholtz Research Center, Munich, Germany (Apr 2012 – Nov 2012)
Awards & Honours
Invited Editor, Human and Medical Genomics, Frontiers in Genetics (2021)
Returning Expert Award, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ; 2019)
DST INSPIRE Faculty Award (DST/INSPIRE/04/2018/00109; 2018 declined)
Invited Speaker, 48th Scientific Meeting, Italian Statistical Society, Salerno, Italy (2016)
Deutsche Krebshilfe Postdoctoral Fellowship (2016 -2018)
German Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015-2016)
Visiting scientist, University of Liege, Belgium (2015)
Supervised RISE scholar, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD, 2014)
Undergraduate Scholarship, Panjab University, India (2005-2009)
2nd Prize Academics (Class 12), GMSS School Sector-19C, Chandigarh (2005)