Professional Preparation

Educational Background

Ph.D. in Chemistry: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1997

Thesis Title: “Multiple Quantum two-dimensional electron spin resonance: Structure and dynamics in complex fluids” (Advisor: Jack H. Freed).

M.Sc. in Chemistry: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, Chemistry, 1991

B.Sc. (Hons) in Chemistry: St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi,1989

Appointments

Associate Professor, 2008, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh.

Assistant Professor, 2001- 2008, Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh.

Affiliated Faculty, 2004- present, Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Program, University of Pittsburgh.

Postdoctoral Fellow, 1999-2001, University of California, Berkeley, CA (Advisor: Alexander Pines)

Postdoctoral Scholar 1997-1999, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA  (Advisor: Julia A. Kornfield)

Awards and Honors

Arts and Sciences Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award, 2012

NSF CAREER Award, 2004-2009

Primary Research Interests

pulsed electron spin resonance, dipolar interaction and spin-relaxation,  multiple quantum coherences, two-dimensional spectroscopy, dynamics in complex fluids, ion-channels and membrane proteins, amyloids, protein folding/misfolding, polymer structure/dynamics.

Society Memberships

American Chemical Society
American Physical Society
Biophysical Society
International Electron Spin Resonance Society
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
Society for Analytical Chemistry of Pittsburgh