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Enthusiastic science communicator | Writer | Editor | Blogger | Coder | Researcher with 5+ years of experience

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Ph.D. in Bioinformatics & Evolutionary Genetics | M.Sc. in Human & Molecular Genetics | B.Tech in Biotechnology

A research career that spans 5+ years, I have worked in several labs and in several domains (proteomics, toxicology, cytogenetics, and cancer studies). My core expertise is in transcriptomics, genetics, and molecular biology. I have thorough experience in NGS analyses, using standard Bioinformatics software, and can also develop custom scripts/pipelines. I have 3+ years of coding experience in R, Python, bash, and working on a UNIX-based high-performance computing environment. I have also experience in working with APIs - I have made a few tools for Twitter that are available on my Github.

My scientific communication abilities encompass academic writing (through publications and conference papers) and science communication, meant for the general audience and policymakers.

I love science communication! I have designed projects for science communication for my university's open days and science festival. I was actively involved with the Pint of Science, UK to develop and launch events for science communication. This also included promoting research and events through written channels and social media. I have also delivered my own materials at Soapbox Science, UK.  In addition, I have communicated science by writing for my university's blog website. Moreover, I was also actively involved with my university's Science in Policy group. Working with this group, I received the opportunity to hone my skills to draft POSTNotes for UK parliamentarians.

I have taken Editing Masterclass with Nature and Cactus Communications. I served as an editor for ASHA for Education, Sheffield Chapter society's bimonthly newsletter for two years. I had also assisted as a copywriter in the drafting of National Action Plans for bear conservation by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India.

Subject Matter Expertise

Services

Writing
Research
Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Senior Research Assistant

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

January 2021 - Present

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Sheffield

2014 - 2019

Certifications

Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Marques, J.P., Sotelo, G., Galindo, J. et al. Transcriptomic resources for evolutionary studies in flat periwinkles and related species. Sci Data 7, 73 (2020) .

Faria, R. , Chaube, P. , Morales, H. E., Larsson, T. , Lemmon, A. R., Lemmon, E. M., Rafajlović, M. , Panova, M. , Ravinet, M. , Johannesson, K. , Westram, A. M. and Butlin, R. K. (2018), Multiple chromosomal rearrangements in a hybrid zone between Littorina saxatilis ecotypes. Mol Ecol .

Westram, A.M., Rafajlović, M., Chaube, P., Faria, R., Larsson, T., Panova, M., Ravinet, M., Blomberg, A., Mehlig, B., Johannesson, K., Butlin, R. (2018). Clines on the seashore: the genomic architecture underlying rapid divergence in the face of gene flow. Evolution Letters; 2(4): 297-309 .