शैक्षिक योग्यताएँ
Ph.D. Biotechnology (CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore), Post-Doctoral Research Associate (University of Utah, USA)
रुचि के क्षेत्र
Nutritional Biochemistry, Food Nanobiotechnology, Functional Foods, Sport and Space nutrition, Nutraceuticals for ocular and brain health, Vascular Biology, Developing in vitro and in vivo models for lifestyle diseases, computational biology
विशेषज्ञता
Nutritional Biochemistry, Food Nanotechnology, Nano and Microencapsulation of bioactives and lipophilic molecules and its characterization, Nutrients for ocular and brain health such as Carotenoids and PUFA, Functional food formulation, Dietary Interventions, Bioavailability, Safety/Toxicity, Pharmacokinetics, Angiogeneisis, Hypoxia, Mammalian cell culture and In vitro animal models for genetic and life style diseases especially related to ocular and brain health, Human clinical trails, Image processing and data analysis
पुरस्कार और सम्मान
- 2012 - Awarded Indian Council of Medical Research Fellowship for doing Ph.D in Biotechnology
- 2014 - International travel grant from DBT, DST, ICMR, and CICS for attending NanoSMAT,September 2014, Dublin, Ireland.
- 2015- Best oral presentation award on characterization and safety assessment of nanomaterials, India.
- 2017 - Best paper award on Health risk assessment of nanoparticles, India.
- 2021 - ARVO travel grant, Baltimore, USA,
- 2021- Bright focus travel grant, RD 2021, Nashville, USA,
- 2021-2025- University of Utah, Department of Opthalmology staff and student assessemnt committee
- 2022-2025- Graduate and undergraduate poster evealuation committee, University of Utah
- 2023- Best poster award, International Carotenoid Society, Toyama, Japan.
- 2024- MIT Outstanding Poster Award finalist, ARVO, Seattle, USA.
- 2024-2025- Editor, Frontiers in Nutrition.
- 2025- Chair, GRS/GRC Carotenoids conference, Ventura, USA, Jan 2025.