PhD Candidate
University of Amsterdam
METAHEALTH / DIGEST, Computational Science Lab, Informatics Institute. Multiscale spatiotemporal modelling of the microbiome during the first 1000 days of life.
PhD Candidate at the Computational Science Lab, Informatics Institute, University of Amsterdam. Part of the METAHEALTH project, I design multiscale spatiotemporal frameworks to model the microbiome during the first 1000 days of life, analyzing oral and gut microbial communities across micro, meso, and macro scales.
RPA-PMH Seed Grant, €18,000, Co-PI. "Diet Influence on Gut Microbiome and Effects on Suicide Ideation Tendencies." Collaboration between the Computational Science Lab (FNWI) and Clinical Psychology Group (FMG), University of Amsterdam. Part of the broader METAHEALTH project.
UK Biobank Project Page →
BS-MS from IISER Tirupati; thesis year conducted at IISER TVM under Prof G. Ambika and Prof Ranjeev Mishra (IUCAA). Multivariate data analysis using recurrence plots and recurrence network measures.
arXiv Preprint →
Led the computational modelling sub-team. Built ODE-based gene-circuit models, ran parameter sensitivity analyses, and integrated model predictions with the wet-lab design loop, contributing to a Gold Medal finish.
View iGEM wiki →Scientific Explorers of Emergent Dynamics in Biomedicine, an interdisciplinary research team at UvA & AmsterdamUMC. Brings together computational modellers, clinicians, and experimentalists across cancer, microbiome, mental health, and endothelial cell research. Maintains open-access tools, a Discovery Hub, and a Journal Club for computational biomedicine.
Visit SEEDBiomed.com →Custom Python/Julia environments for agent-based and ODE/PDE hybrid models. Designed for high-throughput parameter sweeps on HPC clusters.
View on GitHub →Languages
Libraries & Frameworks
Infrastructure & Tools
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Scientific poster presented at the MetaHealth Consortium meeting (April 2026), outlining research plans within the NWO-funded programme investigating the gut microbiome, dental health, and childhood obesity. Amsterdam UMC & University of Amsterdam.
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Opinion · May 2026
Is It a Tough Time to Be a Teenager in India?
Five divisions on how India's Gen Z and millennials can survive a world that keeps moving the goalposts, from systems thinking to proof-of-work portfolios.
Picks · May 2026
Science on YouTube: The Channels I Keep Coming Back To
12 channels across physics, mathematics, biology, philosophy, health, and academia. The ones worth bookmarking and why.
Data · July 2026
Who's Facing the Most Criminal Cases in the Lok Sabha?
A mapped, sourced look at declared criminal cases among sitting MPs, pulled straight from their ECI election affidavits via MyNeta.
Opinion · July 2026
The Infallibility Trap: Why Indian Leadership Needs to Unlearn the Fear of Making Mistakes
Why admitting "I was wrong" feels impossible in high-hierarchy workplaces and families, what the research actually shows it costs, and a concrete way out.
Data · July 2026
Crimes Against Women: Sitting MPs and MLAs
151 sitting MPs and MLAs across India have declared cases related to crimes against women. A party-wise breakdown, sourced directly from ADR's own report.
Data · July 2026
Turncoats and Incumbents: Tracking the 18th Lok Sabha's Political Careers
Which sitting MPs already had long careers as incumbents, and which switched parties to get here, linked to Ashoka University's TCPD Lok Dhaba dataset with the coverage gap shown honestly.
When I'm away from the terminal: guitar, street photography, and writing about places. The rest lives on a separate page.
