About

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas A&M University, working at the intersection of statistical methodology and scientific applications.

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Work Experience

Postdoctoral Research Associate
Texas A&M University (Sep 2023–Present)

• Bayesian modeling for spatial transcriptomics and microbiome data
  
• Collaboration with Statistics and Nutrition departments

Graduate Research Assistant
Duke University (2019–2024)

• Brain connectomics and network modeling
  
• Outlier detection in multi-network data

Teaching Assistant
Duke University (2019–2024)

• Linear Models; Probability; Measure Theory; Machine Learning

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Education

• PhD in Statistical Science, Duke University (2023)
  
• MS in Statistical Science, Duke University (2023)
• Master of Statistics, ISI Kolkata (2018)
• Bachelor of Mathematics, ISI Bangalore (2016)

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Technical Skills

Statistics: Bayesian methods, MCMC, variational inference
Programming: R, Python, C/C++, MATLAB, SQL
Bioinformatics: QIIME2, PICRUSt2, edgeR

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Talks

Invited Talks

• IISA Annual Meeting, 2025
• SETCASA Annual Meeting, 2026

Contributed Talks

• Contributed talk at WNAR Conference (2022)
  
• Contributed Talk at Graduate Research Conference (2022)

Posters

• TREC Annual Cancer Research Symposium (2025)
• Statistical Methods in Imaging Conference (2021)

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Awards

• Rank 1, CSIR NET (India)
  
• S.H. Aravind Gold Medal
  
• KVPY Scholarship