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Education

  • BSc, Horticulture, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India
  • MSc, Horticulture, GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, India
  • PhD, Pharmacology, SUNY Upstate Medical University/Syracuse, Advisor: Dr. Mario Delmar
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University/Baltimore, Mentors: Drs. Leslie Tung and David Yue
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University/Baltimore Mentor: Dr. Gordon Tomaselli

Research

Interests

  • To develop heart-on-a-chip model for electrical measurements, pharmacology, and drug-induced cardiotoxicity studies (Edwards et al., 2018; Zlochiver et. al., 2019).
  • To characterize the role of connexin43 a gap junction protein, in human induced pluripotent stem cell reprogramming and differentiation

Professional Affiliations & Memberships

  • Editorial Activities
  • Journal peer review activities
  • 2014-present     PLOS One
  • 2016-present     Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology
  • 2017-present     Stem Cell Reviews and Reports
  • Professional Societies
  • 2009-present     AHA, Professional Member
  • 2009-present     Biophysical society member
  • 2017-present     International Society of Stem Cell Research (ISSCR)
  • 2021- Present   American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)

Awards

  • 2019 - Travel Award by Harvard Bioscience to present a poster “Reversible Cardiac Action Potential Recordings to Track Cellular Electrophysiology Over Days” at AHA, November 16-18 in Philadelphia, PA
  • 2019  - Abstract entitled,Reversible Cardiac Action Potential Recordings to Track Cellular Electrophysiology Over Days, is among the top 10 percent and hasbeen selected to re-present as a poster presentation at Session Title: Best of AHA Specialty Conferences: BCVS 2019 AHA, November 16-18 in Philadelphia, PA
  • 2015-2016 - 5 T32 HL 7227-39, Ruth L. Kirschstein Institutional National Research Service Award. Cardiovascular Training GranT, Johns Hopkins Medical University Role: Post-Doctoral Scholar
  • 2007 - Travel Award, International Gap Junction Conference