Research Interests & Expertise
My work integrates laboratory genetics with computational modelling to investigate disease-associated variation and to design therapeutic and vaccine candidates.
Areas of focus
Genomics & Variant Analysis
Interpreting disease-associated variants from PCR, Sanger sequencing, and whole-exome data.
Computational Drug Discovery
Virtual screening, molecular docking, and dynamics simulation for lead identification.
Immunoinformatics & Vaccine Design
Epitope prediction and multi-epitope vaccine construction against viral targets.
Structural & Systems Biology
Protein modelling, binding-free-energy analysis, and network-level interpretation.
Molecular Biology (Wet Lab)
DNA and RNA work, qPCR, electrophoresis, and sequencing from bench to chromatogram.
Cancer Biology
GWAS-based annotation and target screening for cancer-associated loci and proteins.
Bioinformatics Pipelines
Reproducible NGS workflows for quality control, alignment, and variant calling.
Precision Medicine
Linking population-level genetic variation to individual disease risk and therapy.
Scientific expertise
Proficiency measured across the research lifecycle, from the wet bench to computation, analysis, writing, and teaching.
Wet-Lab Skills
PCR/qPCR, Sanger sequencing, electrophoresis, extraction, assays.
Computational Biology
Docking, MD simulation, virtual screening, ADMET, DFT.
Data Analysis
R, Python, NGS variant analysis, statistics, visualisation.
Scientific Writing
Two first-author Q1 papers and ongoing manuscripts.
Teaching & Mentorship
1,000+ learners trained through BioPC across 15 programmes.
Laboratory & research experience
2024 – Present
Thesis Researcher
Functional Genomics & Proteomics Laboratory
Variant analysis across diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, PCOS, and periodontitis.
- Disease-associated variant discovery and interpretation.
- PCR and qPCR, Sanger sequencing, and gel electrophoresis.
- NGS data analysis with GATK, Hisat2, BWA, VCFtools, and SAMtools.
2023
Summer Research Intern
Alternative Medicine & Natural Product Research Lab
Isolation and screening of nanophytocompounds with computational and laboratory validation.
- Nanophytocompound isolation and purification.
- Antioxidant and antimicrobial assays in animal models.
- Molecular docking and dynamics simulation for compound screening.
2023
Research Intern
National Institute of Biotechnology
Hands-on exposure to Sanger sequencing and next-generation sequencing workflows.
- Sanger sequencing and NGS workflow exposure.
- DNA extraction, PCR amplification, and gel visualisation.
- Training on molecular instrumentation.