Data Science & Artificial Intelligence
IHK-certified professional programme · neue fische / SPICED Academy · Germany
Professional record
RECORD
Training, recognition and scientific practice.
Education
From biochemistry to molecular biology and data science.
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) · Molecular Biology
Ludwig Maximilian University Munich · Germany
M.Sc. Biotechnology · First Class
University of Pune / National Centre for Cell Science · India
B.Sc. (Hons.) Biochemistry · First Class
Aligarh Muslim University · India
EXPLORE THE RECORD
Nine domains across the scientific record.
Chromatin & Epigenetics
Indo-US Workshop on Epigenetic Regulation and Genome Control
RNA interference and microRNA · Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology · Hyderabad, India
- Chromatin
- Epigenetics
- Genome control
Asian Forum of Chromosome and Chromatin Biology
Theme: chromosome and chromatin dynamics, epigenetics and disease · JNCASR · Bangalore, India
- Chromatin dynamics
- Disease
Spetses Summer School: Chromatin and Systems Biology
International summer school · Spetses, Greece
- Chromatin
- Systems biology
DNA Damage Response in Physiology and Disease
Invited talk · Rennes, France
- Invited speaker
- DNA damage
- Disease
Annual Chromatin Day · SFB 1064
Annual meeting of Munich-based chromatin research groups · final week of July in 2014 and 2015 · Munich, Germany
- Chromatin network
- Scientific exchange
Final EpiGeneSys Network Meeting
International epigenetics network meeting · Paris, France
- Epigenetics
- Research network
Molecular Mechanisms
Munich-Interact Symposium
PhD student–organized life-sciences symposium · Munich, Germany
- Early-career research
- Scientific exchange
FASEB Meeting on NAD+ Metabolism and Signalling
International scientific meeting · Timmendorfer Strand, Germany
- Signalling
- Metabolism
EMBL Symposium: The Complex Life of mRNA
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · Heidelberg, Germany
- RNA biology
- Gene regulation
Ubiquitin & Friends Symposium
Online symposium · Vienna BioCenter, Austria
- Ubiquitin
- Protein regulation
- Online
CSHL Conference: Gene Expression and Signaling in the Immune System
Online conference · Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
- Gene expression
- Signalling
- Online
EMBO Workshop: Protein Quality Control from Molecular Mechanisms to Ageing and Disease
Presentation: Mesoscale landscaping of the TRIM protein family reveals a novel human condensatopathy
- Presenter
- Protein quality control
- Disease
Mesoscale Cell Biology
EMBL Symposium: Cellular Mechanisms Driven by Phase Separation
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · Heidelberg, Germany
- Phase separation
- Condensates
- Cellular mechanisms
SEB Annual Conference Antwerp 2025
Presentation: TRIM proteins as regulators of nuclear condensation and human condensatopathies · Antwerp, Belgium
- Presenter
- TRIM proteins
- Condensatopathies
Multiscale & Physical Biology
EMBL Conference: Quantitative Principles in Biology
European Molecular Biology Laboratory · Heidelberg, Germany
- Quantitative biology
- Physical principles
Physics of Living Matter · 15th edition
Online meeting · CENTURI–Turing Centre for Living Systems · Marseille, France
- Living systems
- Physics
- Online
Physical Biology of the Cell
Taught by Rob Phillips, Caltech · MPI-CBG · Dresden, Germany
- Physical biology
- Cell biology
Multiscale Imaging: From Single Cells to Entire Organisms
Multiscale Imaging Workshop · Tübingen, Germany
- Multiscale imaging
- Cells to organisms
Bioengineering & Synthetic Biology
International Synthetic and Systems Biology Summer School
Taormina, Sicily, Italy
- Synthetic biology
- Systems biology
LMU Center for Advanced Studies Conference on Synthetic Biology
Biocentre, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · Munich, Germany
- Synthetic biology
- Bioengineering
Keystone Symposium on Precision Genome Engineering
Beaver Run Resort · Breckenridge, Colorado, USA
- Genome engineering
- Precision biology
Methods & Tools
Approaches for In-Cellulo Structural Biology with X-Rays
Workshop · EMBL and DESY · Hamburg, Germany
- Structural biology
- X-ray methods
Quantitative Bio-Image Analysis with Python
Taught by Robert Haase · MPI-CBG · Dresden, Germany
- Python
- Bio-image analysis
- Quantitative imaging
CSHL Course: Antibody Engineering & Display Technologies
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · New York, USA
- Antibody engineering
- Display technologies
Introductory R Course
LMU Munich · Germany
- R
- Data analysis
Workshop on Data Analysis Using R
ScienceCraft · LMU Munich · Germany
- R
- Data analysis
Scientific Image Processing and Analysis
BioVoxxel · LMU Munich · Germany
- Image processing
- Analysis
Translation & Entrepreneurship
Startup Weekend Munich 2017
Munich, Germany
- Entrepreneurship
- Venture development
Discover Your Entrepreneurial Opportunities
UnternehmerTUM · Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry · Munich, Germany
- Entrepreneurship
Bio Entrepreneurship Summit 2017
Biomedical Center · LMU Munich · Germany
- Bioentrepreneurship
- Translation
Starting Up: From Ideas to Successful Business
Semester course · LMU Entrepreneurship Centre · Munich, Germany
- Venture building
- Business
How to Transfer Science into Value?
Business competence course · Thorsten Lambertus
- Science-to-value
- Technology transfer
Turning Your Science into Impact Through Social Entrepreneurship
Business competence workshop · Peter Vandor
- Social entrepreneurship
- Impact
International Summer School on Technology Transfer in Life Sciences
Dresden, Germany
- Technology transfer
- Life sciences
Training & Professional Development
Grant Writing
LMU Munich · Germany
- Funding strategy
- Scientific writing
Project and Time Management
LMU Munich · Germany
- Project management
- Time management
Strategies for Intercultural Collaboration
LMU Munich · Germany
- Collaboration
- Intercultural practice
Designing and Presenting a Poster
International Bioscript · LMU Munich · Germany
- Presentation
- Visual communication
Managing Bibliographies with EndNote
LMU Graduate Center · LMU Munich · Germany
- Research tools
- Bibliography
Network Training Workshop on Aspects of Leadership
Leadership Sculptor · LMU Munich · Germany
- Leadership
- Research networks
Scientific Writing Workshop
International Bioscript · LMU Munich · Germany
- Scientific writing
- Communication
Workshop on Proposal Writing
ScienceCraft · LMU Munich · Germany
- Proposal writing
- Funding
Workshop on Scientific Writing
ScienceCraft · LMU Munich · Germany
- Scientific writing
- Communication
Recognition, Funding & Impact
Honors and competitive recognition
DBT Master’s Scholarship
All India Rank 72 in the national biotechnology entrance competition. Department of Biotechnology, Government of India · University of Pune · funding period July 2007–June 2009.
GATE-JRF Recognition
All India Rank 43 among 13,466 candidates, corresponding to the 99.64 percentile. Approximate doctoral-funding eligibility: INR 750,000.
CSIR Junior Research Fellowship
National Eligibility Test Junior Research Fellowship; placed within approximately the first 200 selected nationally. Fellowship used August 2009–December 2011.
Fellowships, programme support and proposals
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellowship
Shortlisted for interview, approximately within the top 10%. Proposal: DNA damage activates a chromatin remodeler through regulatory ADP-ribosylation.
DAAD Exchange Fellowship
Visiting research periods at Université de Rennes I: February–April 2013 and September–October 2014 · approximately €6,000 lump-sum award.
Marie Curie ITN · Nucleosome-4D
Eight-month Early Stage Researcher and doctoral-research position under the EU FP7 Initial Training Network.
DFG–SFB 1064 Chromatin Dynamics
Nominal support associated with doctoral research: approximately €150,000. Project: A poly(ADP-ribose) switch releases the autoinhibition of the oncogenic remodeler ALC1.
Volkswagen Foundation proposals
LIFE! (2018): IRIS — an intracellular recording and information-processing system to probe biodesign principles. Experiment! (2021): Biomolecular condensates in host–virus conflict.
NOMIS Foundation Research Programme
Researcher and contributing investigator. Nominal programme support associated with postdoctoral research: approximately €500,000. Phase transitions, biological condensates and disease.
Research and translational impact
Cryptochrome and circadian regulation
Structure–function contribution connecting protein architecture and molecular interactions to circadian signalling.
ALC1 activation
Defined how PARP-dependent signalling releases ALC1 auto-inhibition, joining DNA-damage signalling, chromatin remodelling and oncology.
TRIMCode
Atlas-scale cellular-organisation framework linking protein architecture, localisation, function, variation and disease.
TRIM8 syndrome
Connected disease-associated variation with altered protein behaviour, mesoscale organisation and developmental pathology.
PICNIC
Proteome-scale prediction of condensate-associated proteins with experimental validation across organisms.
Predictive cellular organisation
Genetics, molecular phenotype, quantitative imaging and AI joined into a cross-scale scientific framework.
Integrated record
Many domains, one scientific practice.
Genome regulation & molecular control
Cellular organisation across scales
Synthetic biology & experimental tools
Research, value & therapeutic direction
Writing, management & collaboration
Honors, fellowships & research programmes
Molecular to multiscaleMethods to evidenceResearch to translationPractice to leadership