Academic path

Academic appointments and research training

1. 2015–

   Junior Associate Professor

   Integrated Research Center for Carbon Negative Science (ICaNS), Institute of Advanced Energy (IAE), Kyoto University, Japan · February 2015–present

2. 2013–15

   Assistant Professor

   Life Science Center of TARA, University of Tsukuba, Japan · September 2013–January 2015

3. 2010–13

   CREST and JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher

   Department of Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan · January 2010–August 2013 · DNA nanotechnology

4. 2008–09

   Postdoctoral Researcher

   Frontier Institute for Biomolecular Engineering Research (FIBER), Konan University, Japan · October 2008–December 2009 · Nucleic-acids chemistry

5. 2005

   Research Student · CSIR–CLRI

   CSIR–Central Leather Research Institute, India · January–September 2005

6. 2004

   Research Student · Max Planck Institute

   Max Planck Institute for Bioinorganic Chemistry, Germany · September–December 2004

7. 2003–04

   Research Student · Tohoku University

   Tohoku University, Japan · October 2003–August 2004

Education

1. 2005–08

   Ph.D. in Chemistry

   Tohoku University, Japan · Thesis: Experimental and theoretical investigation on the detection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms by hydrogen-bond-forming small fluorescent ligands

2. 2001–03

   M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry

   University of Madras, India · Project at the National Centre for Ultrafast Processes: photophysical studies of dual-emitting acridinedione dyes in an inorganic silica matrix

3. 1998–01

   B.Sc. in Chemistry

   Government Arts College, Krishnagiri, affiliated with Periyar University, India

Professional identifiers and languages

1. ID

   Researcher identifiers

   ORCID: 0000-0002-9319-6107 · Scopus Author ID: 24588211000 · ResearcherID: D-6736-2012

2. LANG

   Languages

   Tamil · English · Japanese