MY CV
Career Details
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
Harvard University, 2017-present
Studying the developmental and genetic basis of human skeletal development using functional genomic approaches.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
NICHD, National Institutes of Health, 2014-2017
Developed a novel receptor-based GFP reconstitution across synaptic partner (R-GRASP) method to map neurotransmitter receptors (nicotinic acetylcholine and muscarinic acetylcholine receptor) to active synapses of visual neural circuits in Drosophila.
DOCTORAL STUDENT
Madurai Kamaraj University, 2010-2014
Discovered a novel antifungal peptide (MMGP1) from marine metagenome by function based metagenomics approaches and characterized its discrete antifungal mechanisms in Candida albicans.
PROJECT FELLOW
Madurai Kamaraj University, 2008-2010
Developed an indigenous strategies for cost effective and large scale production of pneumocandin B0 from marine fungus, Glarea Loyozensis.
STUDENT RESEARCH
The American College, 2006-2008
Developed and implemented a novel biocontrol methods to trap and kill chikungunya and dengue vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus using Pseudomonas fluorescens