Professional Experience and Education
Instructor
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery and MGH Cancer Center
November, 2020 – Present
Boston, USA
Advisor: Professor Mehmet Toner
Co-advisors: Professors Daniel Haber and Shyamala Maheswaran
Postdoctoral Fellow
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery and MGH Cancer Center
March, 2017 – November, 2020
Boston, USA
Project Title: Ultra-high throughput circulating tumor cell isolation from large-volume leukapheresis samples
Advisor: Professor Mehmet Toner
Co-advisors: Professors Daniel Haber and Shyamala Maheswaran
PhD
Purdue University, School of Mechanical Engineering
Fall 2011 – Fall, 2016
West Lafayette, USA
Focus: Microfluidics, CGPA: 4.0/4.0
Dissertation Topic: Rapid Electrokinetic Patterning: Theory and Applications
Dissertation Advisor: Professor Steve Wereley
MSc (by Research)
Cranfield University, Department of Engineering and Applied Science
April, 2010 – July, 2011
Shrivenham, United Kingdom
Thesis title: “Numerical and experimental investigation of bubble plume dispersion in confined plunging liquid jets.”
Awarded university fellowship to study bubble plume formation and flow field in a confined plunging liquid jet system by using particle image velocimetry, digital image processing, and numerical modeling.
B. Tech
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dhanbad, India, Mining Machinery Engineering
Fall 2005 – Spring, 2009
Dhanbad, India
Formerly known as the Indian School of Mines (ISM)