● Behavioral Technician Centria Healthcare; Center for Social Dynamics (July 2022- Present); (December 2021- March 2022) ABA Therapy Aided in implementing specialized ABA therapeutic programs and helped collect data and analyze behavioural health of individuals with ASD.
● Staff Research Associate II University of California, San Francisco (December 2021- June 2022) Biospecimen Processing Services, Office of Research Aided COVID-19 and OB/GYN based cancer research laboratories with Human tissue sample collection (biopsies) at the OR, IR, CT, Ultrasound, MRI and X-Ray suites; tissue and urine processing and blood fractionation.
● Research Intern University of Michigan (September 2021-December 2021) 1Cademy Created an accessible and comprehensive map of crucial research in Neuroscience, Mindfulness and Disability studies.
● Graduate Research Student State University of New York, Buffalo (August 2019- December 2021) Behavioural Neuroendocrinology Lab
➔ Investigated the interaction between the neurocircuitries (PVN and SON) underlying hypertonic saline-induced stress and social behaviors.
➔ Documented the pubertal dependence of Vasopressinergic pathway’s development (BNST and MeA), the social behavior circuit.
● Undergraduate Research Student R.V. College of Engineering, India (August 2013- May 2017) Biotechnology Lab Isolated, extracted and characterized essential oils obtained from leaves of Mentha arvensis, Bacopa monnieri, Laurus nobilis and flowers of Hibiscus rosasinensis.
● Summer Research Intern Sri Ram Murti Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences (June 2016- August-2016)Biochemistry Central Research Lab Genotyped high-risk samples of Human Papillomaviruses (HPV- 16, 18 & 33) using Real-Time PCR. Part of the task force that helped extract and purify DNA from cervical samples (collected previously at the local hospital) for amplification and detection at the BSL-2.
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