I am currently studying how bacteriophages, the viruses of bacteria, interact with their hosts. This research will be useful in the development of phage therapy strategies to battle antimicrobial resistance - an imminent public health fiasco.

At Yale, I am affiliated with the following entities:

• Paul Turner Lab, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
• Center for Phage Biology and Therapy at Yale
• Quantitative Biology Institute
• Close collaboration with Thierry Emonet Lab, Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

My PhD research was in Pushkar Lele Lab at Texas A&M University. It focused on the physics of how bacteria move and sense their surroundings. My dissertation (2021) is titled Sensory Functions of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor.

I use a variety of techniques consisting molecular biology, phase and fluorescence microscopy, image analysis, particle tracking, and prototyping (3D-printed chambers and microfluidic devices). Some of my work has been published and is linked below.

I took an advanced summer course on microscopy in 2022: Optical Microscopy & Imaging in the Biomedical Sciences at Marine Biological Laboratoris, Woods Hole, MA (USA). This year, I am going back as a course facilitator (TA).

I am passionate about science outreach. To this end, I use Foldscopes to teach local middle school students about microscopy.

Download my CV here.