CAREER PATH

Professional Experience

Research journey across leading institutions

Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena

Doctoral Researcher - Bioinformatics & Statistical Genomics
September 2021 - March 2025 | Jena, Germany
  • Published 3 first-author papers on sex chromosome evolution in Genome Biology and Evolution and Molecular Ecology
  • Built end-to-end bioinformatics pipelines processing multi-TB NGS datasets with Python, R, and cloud computing
  • Applied machine learning and statistical methods to high-dimensional omics data, uncovering dosage compensation mechanisms
  • Developed reproducible workflows for comparative genomics and differential expression analysis
  • Collaborated with international research teams across Europe and Australia
  • Mentored undergraduate and master's students in bioinformatics methodologies

Ulm Universität

Project Assistant - Single-Cell Genomics
November 2019 - April 2020 | Ulm, Germany
  • Characterized transcriptional heterogeneity in mouse and human cortex using single-cell RNA-Seq analysis
  • Applied clustering algorithms, dimensionality reduction (t-SNE, UMAP), and differential expression methods
  • Integrated computational results with experimental neuroscience workflows in collaborative environment
  • Developed quality control pipelines for single-cell sequencing data

Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology

Junior Research Fellow - Multi-Omics Data Analysis
August 2017 - October 2019 | Bengaluru, India
  • Co-authored 5 publications on genome assemblies and annotations across plant, insect, fungal, and protist species
  • Optimized Linux-based genomics pipelines for assembly, annotation, repeat analysis, and variant calling
  • Performed statistical analysis on population-scale and cancer genomics datasets using Python, R, and Bash
  • Managed relational databases for large-scale molecular data storage, querying, and retrieval
  • Collaborated with wet-lab scientists to design sequencing strategies and validate computational findings

National Center for Biological Sciences

Project Assistant - Transcriptomics Analysis
July 2016 - December 2016 | Bengaluru, India
  • Identified gene expression signatures associated with grapevine color through bulk RNA-Seq analysis
  • Applied differential expression methods (DESeq2, edgeR) and statistical validation
  • Performed functional enrichment analysis and pathway mapping
  • Generated publication-ready visualizations and figures for research manuscripts