EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Chemistry in the Lab of Prof. Andreas Kilbinger                                           08/2016 – 10/2020

Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland 

MSc & BSc in Chemistry                                                                                                  07/2010 – 05/2015

Visva Bharati University, India

HONORS

• Emerging Scholar                                                                                                                        01/2026

College of Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

• Leadership in Mentoring                                                                                                          08/2025

Graduate & Postdoctoral Scholars Recognition Program, American Chemical Society

• Future Faculty Awardee                                                                                                            08/2025

Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering, American Chemical Society

• Rising Stars in Soft and Biological Matter                                                                          11/2024

Materials Research Center, UChicago and UC San Diego

• Community Board Members                                                                                                    11/2023

Materials Horizons, The Royal Society of Chemistry

• Delegate at 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting                                                               06/2022

Swiss Academy of Sciences 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Research in the Lab of Prof. Phillip Messersmith                                       02/2022 – 09/2026

Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA

Postdoctoral Research in the Lab of Prof. Christoph Weder                                            11/2020 – 12/2021

Adolphe Merkle Institute, Switzerland

Doctoral Research in the Lab of Prof. Andreas Kilbinger                                                  08/2016 – 10/2020

Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland 

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Co-Founder of AsparaGlueTM                                                                                                      04/2023 – current

Berkeley, CA, USA

A medical device startup commercializing biodegradable medical superglue derived from α-lipoic acid.

Advisor of Hydroshield-ablation                                                                                              07/2024 – current

San Francisco, CA, USA

A medical device startup commercializing thermal shielding hydrogels for tumor cryoablation.