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Updated October 2025
Education
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2021 - Present Rochester, New York
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2018 - 2021 Kanpur, India
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2015 - 2018 Coimbatore, India
Projects
- 2021 - Present
Experimental emergence of conventions in humans
Studying the emergence of conventions in the laboratory under various conditions through computerized multiplayer tasks with humans to address questions that promise to yield significant advances for our understanding of how groups solve recurring multi-agent coordination problems
- 2021 - Present
Coordinated problem solving in marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus)
Developing a paradigm to study the cognitive mechanisms underlying coordinated problem-solving by using deep learning and machine vision tools to track and quantify visual attention in free-moving common marmosets
- 2021 - Present
Gaze following in marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus)
Studying gaze-following (directing one’s attention to where someone else is looking, essential for successful social interaction involving coordination) in common marmoset monkeys (Callithrix jacchus) to address open questions about the evolution of this ability in humans using naturalistic video stimuli and high-precision eye tracking
- 2019 - 2021
Master's Thesis: Exectuive Function and Reasoning
Designed and conducted experiments, using rules of formal logic, to understand the connection between executive functions and reasoning in different developmental stages, including school children
- 2019 - 2019
Master's Project: Agent-Based Modeling of Cooperation
Used an agent-based model to better understand the role of cooperation in the survival of both individuals and groups in a community
- 2018 - 2018
Bachelor's Project: Pulse Generating Circuit for NMR (for an indigenous MRI
Built a pulse generating circuit for NMR using 555 timer IC for building an indigenous MRI machine
Work
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2021 - 2021 Kanpur, India
Research Associate
Applied Dynamics and Vibration Laboratory
Designed an intuitive GUI to display data from a gas pipeline health monitoring robot (PHMR), for a project commissioned by the Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL).
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2018 - 2019 Kanpur, India
Research Assistant
Role of Object's Self Relevance in Attentional Guidance
Designed and conducted behavioral experiments to understand the role of an object’s self-relevance when used as a distractor in visual search paradigms.
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2017 - 2017 Hyderabad, India
Research Intern
Tribological Characterization and Coating Deposition
Utilized a tribometer to characterize frictional properties of various coatings
Awards
- July 2025
Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute Fellow
Templeton World Charity Foundation
Vibrant network of early-career scholars who are devoted to bold, transdisciplinary inquiry into the origins, nature, and future of intelligences.
- March 2025
Kuczaj Memorial Travel Grant
National Marine Mammal Foundation
Awarded to students attending the Conference on Comparative Cognition (CO3), administered in memory of Dr. Stan Kuczaj, who was a leader in the study of comparative animal cognition, and believed in pursuing challenging topics in human and animal cognition with rigor, candor, and the spirit of intellectual adventure.
- September 2024
Donald M. and Janet C. Barnard Fellowship
University of Rochester
Awarded by the School of Arts, Sciences & Engineering in recognition of achievements in research, mentoring, outreach, and service
- October 2023