I am a PhD student in the Quince group at the Earlham Institute, on the UKRI MRC-funded Microbes, Microbiomes and Bioinformatics Doctoral Training Programme (MMB DTP).

My research focuses on developing novel bioinformatics tools and molecular methods to resolve the strain-level dynamics of microbiome transplantation.

Before joining the Earlham Institute, I completed an Integrated BS-MS in Biological Sciences at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (India) in 2025. During my master’s project, I explored the cancer immune checkpoint, primarily through structural bioinformatics and computational biology.

In 2024, I was selected in the prestigious Khorana Program for Scholars, an Indo-US exchange programme, and completed a summer internship at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (USA), where I investigated ion-binding dynamics in sodium-coupled transporter proteins using molecular dynamics simulations.

Prior to that, in 2023, I also undertook a summer internship at Jadavpur University, Kolkata (India), where I was first introduced to bioinformatics, particularly transcriptomic analysis.

I am an NRPDTP PhD student working within the Macaulay group.

My research focuses on developing single-cell techniques to resolve complex forensic samples. This project aims to integrate cutting-edge genomic research into Forensic Science, combining single-cell isolation, phenotyping, and sequencing techniques with novel methods for human identification.

Prior to joining the Earlham Institute, I conducted my BSc (Hons) in Forensic Science at Liverpool John Moores University. Following my undergraduate degree, I completed a summer studentship with Applied Microbiology International before undertaking my MSc in Forensic Medical Sciences at Queen Mary’s Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry.