For more details, you can download the pdf version of my CV (updated: September 2025).

🎓 Education

University of Oxford, UK
Ph.D. Genomic Medicine & Statistics (2020 – 2025)

• Supervisors: Prof. Simon Myers, Prof. Pier Palamara
• Thesis: New methods for genome-wide ancestry & trait association

IIT Bombay, India
B.Tech. + M.Tech. in Electrical Engg. (2015 – 2020)

• Rank: 3/82; GPA: 9.54/10
• Specialization: Communication & Signal Processing

💼 Work Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher – Oxford Stats Dept. (2025–)

• 🧬 Designed a genealogy-based approach to understand deep human past
• ⚡ Built a scalable inference method for whole-genome fine-mapping

Research Consultant – Ossian Biosciences, USA (2025–)

• 💡 Advised on the scientific strategy, helped raise $1M investment
• 📊 Curated omics & GWAS datasets for target prioritization

Research Intern – Samsung AI, Cambridge (2022–23)

• 🤖 Meta-learning for Neural Architecture Search
• 🏅 Secured a first-authored UK Patent

📚 Publications (selected)

• A Scalable Variational Inference Approach for Increased Mixed-model Association Power. Nature Genetics, 2025.
• Fast Variance Component Analysis using Large-Scale Ancestral Recombination Graphs. Cell Genomics, 2025.
• COIN++: Neural Compression Across Modalities. TMLR, 2022.
• Uncertainty Estimation in Cancer Survival Prediction. ICLR Workshop, 2020.
• Stochastic Activation and Bistability in a Rab GTPase Network. PNAS, 2020.

🏆 Awards

• 🌍 Global Talent Visa (Royal Society, 2025)
• 🎓 Clarendon Scholarship (Oxford, 2020)
• 💰 Medical Sciences CDT Award (~$100k, 2020)
• 🏅 IIT Institute Academic Prize (2017)

👩‍🏫 Teaching & Mentorship

• Co-supervised: Ph.D. (1), M.Sc. (1), Ph.D. rotations (2)
• Tutor/TA: Probability, Simulation Methods, Communication Systems, Math courses

🎤 Talks & Service

• Oral: ProbGen (2024), Ancient Genomes (2025)
• Invited: UCL UGI, Oxford Stats, Oxford BDI/CHG
• Reviewer: ICLR, ICML, Nature Genetics

🛠 Skills

• Programming: Python, R, Julia, C++
• ML/Stats: PyTorch, JAX, Sklearn
• Bioinformatics: Relate, Samtools, Vcftools
• Other: Git, LaTeX, HDF5

🌟 Extras

• Languages: English (Fluent), Hindi (Native)
• Interests: ✈️ Travel 🏏 Cricket ⛰ Hiking 🧗 Sport Climbing