Professional Experience

2005 - present, Professor of Immunology, City of Hope, Duarte, CA

1998 - 2005, Director of Biosimulations, Materials and Process Simulation Center, Caltech, Pasadena, CA

1994 - 1998, Senior Scientist, Materials and Process Simulation Center, Caltech

1991 - 1994, Post-doctoral Fellow at Caltech

1990 - 1991, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Southern California, Prof. A. Warshel

1989 - 1990, Post-doctoral fellow at University of Exeter, UK


Education and Training

1986, Indian Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Theoretical Chemistry

1981, Indian Institute of Technology, M.Sc., Chemistry (minor- Physics and Mathematics), Highest Honors


Professional Memberships

Member of the American Chemical Society 

Member of the BioPhysical Society

Member of the Protein Society

Member of  the AAAS

This is an abbreviated document. Full CV available upon request. Information on this page may be self-reported and is subject to change at any time. Last reviewed: 04/11.

Honors and Awards

2011, Second place in world wide contest on GPCR structure prediction GPCRDOCK2010

2010 - 2011, Ad Hoc member of the NIH MIST study section

2008 - present, Reviewer for NSF Molecular and Cellular Biosciences

2007 - 2008, Ad hoc member of NIH BMB study section in

Reviewer for several peer review journals

2000, NASA - Space Act Award

2000 and 2001, Finalist for Medal of Excellence for Women at Caltech

Scientist advisor for Caltech Pre-College Science Initiative

National Merit Scholar in M.Sc, India