My Career Journey

PhD in Biology

University of Toledo | 2022–Present

Ohio, USA

  • Microbial ecology, metabarcoding, ML
  • SLURM / HPC

Technical Sales Specialist

Specialized Scientific Solutions | 2020–2021

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Remote)

  • MGI, Illumina: Technical Sales
  • Customer Support

Assistant Manager, Molecular Biology

LifeCell International | 2020

Chennai, India

  • Lab management
  • Workflow automation
  • Amplicon, WES, WGS: Library Prep

Research Associate

MedGenome Labs | 2017–2020

Bangalore, India

  • DNA sequencing: Sanger, NGS
  • Illumina instrument: handling and maintenance
  • PCR/qPCR
  • LIMS, Workflow optimization

Researcher

Geobiotechnology Lab | 2015–2017

Trichy, India

  • Soil microbial ecology, aDNA Metabarcoding
  • DNA extraction, PCR

Senior Research Fellow

Indian Agricultural Research Institute–ITCC | 2013–2015

New Delhi, India

  • Microbiome analysis at Indian Type Culture Collection
  • PCR, Barcoding, Fungal Molecular Taxonomy
  • Entomology: Metabarcoding

MSc Biotechnology

Bharathidasan University

Trichy, India