Developing organ-on-a-chip devices to model human nephrology

Mentoring underrepresented high school students interested in STEM, acting as a resource for them by answering questions and providing advice as they navigate their final years in high school and prepare for college, supporting them both academically and professionally

Through one-on-one interactions, programming, content creation, and campus outreach, PSLs assist students as they navigate academic-related decisions, develop learning strategies, embrace well-being, and pursue purpose

Organize recruiting and career exploration events with engineering companies for undergraduate Duke engineers; hosted companies such as EY-Parthenon, Jacobs, Grifols, MathWorks, QATCH Technologies etc.

Designed, developed, and implemented multiple proprietary gene panels for determining metabolic and organ health for risk assessment and therapy using publicly-available genomic databases and scientific literature; performed pathway analysis; worked in a team to analyze genomic data and identify pharmaco-transcriptomic and nutrigenomic interventions for clients

Regular volunteer at Duke University's Canine Cognition Center, helping socialize, walk, and take care of service-dogs-in-training every semester

Led teammates in volunteering to conduct robotics workshops with NGOs like Sankalp Shikshan Sanstha, mentoring hearing-impaired students in constructing robots and preparing for their presentations for FLL and FTC competitions; conducted 20+ orientations with schools, administrators, students, teachers and formed 10+ FIRST teams; mentored 6 FTC teams; learned Fusion 360; drove the formation of a Leadership Council

Recruited a global network of 100+ ambassadors, organizing writing, coding and college advice workshops for them; conducted talks with renowned women in STEMOrganized and led the TrailBlazHER Innovation Challenge in collaboration with the Unmesh Mashruwala Innovation Cell of IIT Bombay, where 500+ girls innovated solutions to today’s problems through creating scientific technology, apps, or websites; organized panel discussions with experts on design thinking in the fields of healthcare, education and the environment; conducted a similar Innovation Challenge in collaboration with Capgemini and the India Internet Governance Forum, where teams devised technology-based solutions for aerial, terrestrial or underwater problems

Shadowed the pathology departments of Hematology, Molecular Biology, Histopathology, and the Blood Bank; shadowed 3 neurosurgeons and observed 7 surgeries (burr holes, complex cranioplasties, spinal discectomies, insertions of ventriculoperitoneal shunts etc.); learned how to interpret MRI and CAT scans; interacted with patients, learning clinical etiquette; learned how to conduct neurological tests in the ER to assess nervous system functioning

Wrote a 30-page, 10,000+ words research report exploring the use of technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and blockchain to optimize manpower productivity in hospitals; my research formed part of their consultation for a prominent hospital system

Learned about biopharmaceutical techniques and methods like post-column derivatization, diafiltration, mass spectrometer usage and analysis, Sanger’s Sequencing Method and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography; performed glycan analysis and sample preparation for commercial proteins like Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG)

Researched and wrote 6 articles, 4 as part of the COVID Warriors series, 1 Leadership story, and 1 Take One story; 5 of these articles were published in the print issues; through the COVID Warriors series, I highlighted the work of unseen heroes of COVID-19, such as ThinkSharp Foundation and SOS JK, providing them with a national platform to reach a wider audience