Research Associate / PhD Candidate
Before joining the Chakraborty Lab at MIT in 2018, I obtained a B.Tech./M.Tech. Dual Degree in Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. Transcriptional proteins form phase-separated condensates at specific locations on the genome to regulate transcription, and RNA species can regulate these condensates. I use phase-field simulations and analytical theory to study how the interplay between multicomponent RNA-protein phase separation, genome organization, and irreversible reactions such as transcription lead to emergent transcriptional regulation. Insights from my research have broader implications in understanding how different cell types emerge during embryonic development and how cells turn cancerous. In addition to my research, I have also taken care of computing resources in the group and like learning about better software engineering practices, high-performance computing, and data science.
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