Education
- Postdoctoral Training in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 2005.
Advisors: Prof. Fernando Muzzio and Prof. Silvina Tomassone - Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 2000.
Thesis: Modeling and simulation of magnetically assisted impaction coating (MAIC) process.
Advisors: Prof. Rajesh N. Dave and Prof. Pushpendra Singh - MS in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. 1995.
Thesis: Modeling and Optimization of Fed-Batch Bioreactors with Neural Networks.
Advisor: Prof Jayant M. Modak - BE (Hons) in Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India. 1992
Senior Design Project: Design of the Caprolactum manufacturing process.
Advisor: Prof P. K. Banerjee
Professional Experience
- November 2018 – January 2019:
Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia. - September 2018 – October 2018:
Visiting Professor, GEA-NUS, School of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore. - July 2018 – August 2018:
Visiting Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. - December 2016 – Current:
Graduate Faculty Member, Department of Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering,University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. - August 2013 – Current:
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Associate Professor, Institute of Material Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT - February 2007 – July 2013:
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
Assistant Professor, Institute of Material Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT - August 2006 – January 2007:
- Research Associate, Engineering Research Center (ERC) on Structured Organic Composites, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
- November 2002 – August 2006:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engg. Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ. - September 2000 – September 2002:
Software Engineer, National Engineering and Technology Corporation, Arlington Heights, IL - February 2000 – Sept 2000:
Lead-Email Systems/Software-Engineer II, Skytel Communications Jackson, MS. - January 1996 – January 2000:
Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ
Honors and Awards
- Gold medal, Tripura mathematical society. Agartala, India(1985)
- Gold medal, Tripura Mathematical Society, Agartala, India(1986)
- National Graduate Scholarship, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India(1993-1995)
- Full assistantship and tuition waiver from Department of Mechanical Engineering, NJIT, Newark, NJ (1996-2000)
- Best Poster Award, Spring Meeting: Catalyst Society, Piscataway, NJ, March 18th, 2005
- Best Poster Award, Annual Meeting of AIChE, San Francisco, CA, November 13th, 2006
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Foundation Award, December, 2010.
- Young Investigator Award, US Food and Drug Administration (FDA-NIPTE), October, 2012.
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Foundation Sabbatical Award in Pharmaceutical Sciences, December, 2017.
