Education

National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (Indian Council of Medical Research) at Chennai, 2019, Ph.D. (Clinical Microbiology & Immunology)

Institut Pasteur at Paris, 2018, Diploma (Vaccinology)

University of Madras at Chennai, 2010, M.S. (Clinical Microbiology)

University of Madras at Chennai, 2007, B.S. (Microbiology)

Research Interests

T-cell immunogenicity to candidate HIV vaccines

Comprehend T cell phenotype and functions

Flow cytometric technology and data analysis

Current Projects

Profiling the T cell immune responses in candidate HIV and COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials (HVTN and CoVPN)

Oversee the development and conduct of vaccine immune assays at the End Point GCLP laboratory