From: March 2020 – October 2022
About me:
I started my adventures in science with a B.Sc. and a M.Sc. in Physiology in India. It was not until during my Master’s thesis that I realized research could be fun! I traveled more than half the world to the heavenly place of New Zealand to start my Ph.D. at the University of Otago studying the role of cardiac ryanodine receptors in the generation of cardiac arrhythmia. My scientific and technical skills took a new turn during that period while meeting and collaborating worldwide for projects. Once I gained my Ph.D., my project received a funding for another 3 years and I stayed as a postdoctoral researcher for a year and a half before making a shift (going half way around the world again!) to OMRF to study a new dimension in the cardiovascular field. My scientific interests include cardiac arrhythmia, calcium dynamics and mitochondrial dysfunction to study heart failure mechanisms. I am currently focusing on looking at novel mechanism to prevent heart failure by dissecting mitochondrial metabolism and cardiac proteins in HF models as well as in aging.
Hobbies: While I am not doing any science, I mostly watch football (non-American one), cricket, drink beer with friends all day and play my guitar.