CV

Education

B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, 2017
M.S. in Microengineering (Robotics) with a minor in Computational Neuroscience, EPFL, 2020
Ph.D in Neurobiology (summa cum laude), Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 2025

2018: Applied Science Intern
- Robotics AI, Amazon Berlin
- Topic: CV for robotic perception
Fall 2019: Research Assistant
- Course on Artificial Neural Networks, EPFL
- Duties included: Tutoring students, preparing coding assignments on deep RL
- Supervisor: Professor Wulfram Gerstner
2020–2025: Doctoral Researcher
- Zenke Lab, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel
- Topic: Predictive self-supervised learning in brains and machines
- Supervisor: Dr. Friedemann Zenke
July 2025 – September 2026: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- NeuroAI and Geometry Data Analysis Lab, Harvard University
- Topic: Geometry of predictive representations and world models for RL
- Supervisor: Professor SueYeon Chung
- Funding: SNSF Postdoc Mobility Fellowship
October 2026 – present: Research Scientist
- NeuroAGI team, Astera Institute, Emeryville
- Topic: World models and planning