Curriculum vitae

Research program

• Brain-wide mechanisms of learning and behavioral flexibility in C. elegans.
• Computational frameworks linking connectome structure to neural dynamics and behavior.
• Research software for multimodal neural data integration, simulation and optimization.

Positions

• Postdoctoral FellowDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, CambridgeMentor Yun Zhang
  Sep 2022–present
• Postdoctoral ResearcherBoston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston
  Jul 2021–Sep 2022
• Scientist, EBRAINS, Human Brain ProjectKTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
  Oct 2020–Jul 2021

Education

• PhD, Neuroscience and Systems BiologyNational Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, BangaloreAdvisor Upinder S. Bhalla · Thesis, Robust memory and precise balance, computation with biological network motifs
  2020
• ME, Computational and Systems BiologyJawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  2012
• BE, BiotechnologyPanjab University, Chandigarh
  2010

Research software

• CeDNeGraph-based framework for multimodal connectome modeling, simulation and optimization
  2025
• NeuroRD-SBMLBiophysical model translation and standardization
  2022
• LHSMDULatin Hypercube Sampling with Multi-Dimensional Uniformity, parameter sampling library
  2020

Talks, conferences and workshops

• Kempner Institute 2026 ConferenceHarvard University, Cambridge
  Sep 2026
• Neuroscience 2025, Society for NeuroscienceSan Diego
  Nov 2025
• Analysis and Modeling of ConnectomesJanelia Research Campus
  Jun 2025
• CeNeuro 2024Madison, Wisconsin
  Jun 2024
• Neuronal CircuitsCold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  Mar 2024
• Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology seminar seriesCambridge
  May 2023
• NeuroMatch Conferenceonline
  Mar 2020
• No Garlands NeuroscienceIISER Pune
  Jan 2020
• Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer SchoolRomania
  Jun 2019
• Molecules and MemoryNCBS, Bengaluru
  Mar 2019
• Quantitative Approaches to Behaviour and Neural SystemsLisbon
  Oct 2018
• Spikes lecture series, Centre for NeuroscienceIISc Bengaluru
  Jan 2018
• Neuroscience 2017, Society for NeuroscienceWashington, DC
  Nov 2017
• No Garlands NeuroscienceIISER Pune
  Oct 2017
• BSSE SymposiumIISc Bengaluru
  Jan 2017
• Molecular Mechanisms at the SynapseJanelia Research Campus
  May 2016

Teaching and mentoring

• Introduction to Computational Neuroscience I and IIScienspur, free online life-science courses for undergraduates worldwideInstructor
  Winter 2023
• Computational Approaches to Memory and Plasticity (CAMP)National Centre for Biological Sciences, BangaloreTeaching assistant and organizer, five summer schools
  Summers 2014–2018
• Boston Bangalore Biosciences Beginnings (B4) Neuroscience SchoolHarvard University and NCBSTeaching assistant and organization
  Winter 2016

• Master's thesis student, Zhang LabWhole-brain imaging and behaviour; co-author on the whole-brain learning preprintNow a PhD student at a Max Planck institute
  2023–2025

Professional service

• ReviewereNeuro (2023–), Journal of Computational Neuroscience (2025–), Journal of Biosciences (2022–)
• Co-reviewerNeuron, Nature Neuroscience, eLife and Cell, with senior collaborators

Fellowships

• Senior Research Fellowship, BiologyCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
  2014–2017
• Junior Research Fellowship, Biology, All India Rank 36Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
  2012–2014
• DBT Bioinformatics National Certification, All India Rank 33Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
  2011
• Master's FellowshipJawaharlal Nehru University
  2010–2012

Travel awards

• IBRO-PERC, The Brain Prize and FENS stipend
  May 2019
• Wellcome Trust Travel Award
  Sep 2018
• Infosys Travel Award, Infosys Foundation
  Dec 2017
• Department of Biotechnology Travel Award, Government of India
  Nov 2017

Skills