Education:

• 2003-2007 B.S. in Chemical Engineering, JNTU, India

• 2008-2010 M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, USA

• 2013-2016 Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Professional Experience:

Associate Professor, Zhejiang University, China
Jul 2019 – Present

• Delivered advanced courses in the College of Control Science and Engineering.

• Led research in applying data analytics to chemical industries.

• Focused on machine learning applications in property predictions and software development for integrated product-process design.

Crew Chief, Veolia, USA
Jan 2022 – 2024

• Led a team in developing data analytics tools for chemical assets.

• Optimized real-time performance data and forecasted system-level events to enhance operational efficiency.

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Auburn University, USA
Apr 2017 – May 2019

• Developed computer-aided methods for designing sustainable  chemical processes.

• Focused on hybrid/intensified equipment and process analytics for systematic improvements.

Doctoral Researcher, DTU, Denmark
Jun 2013 – Dec 2016

• Engineered systematic methods for sustainable chemical process design.

• Worked on bioethanol production and complex distillation systems for pharmaceuticals.

R&D Engineer, General Electric, India
Jun 2010 – Jun 2013

• Developed process models for industrial water treatment.

• Synthesized cost-optimized flow sheets and created design tools for electrodialysis reversal (EDR) systems.

Awards & Honors:

• Recognized with Wiley’s “TOP DOWNLOADED PAPER 2018-2019” in AIChE Journal:

• Computer-aided process intensification: Challenges, trends, and opportunities, AIChE J.66, e16819, 2019.

• Nominated twice for Session’s Best Paper at the 2016 AIChE Annual Meeting:

• Process Design-1 session: Tailor-Made Solvent and Process Design for the Separation of Azeotropic Mixtures.

• Process Intensification session: Multi-Scale Computer-Aided Synthesis–Design–Intensification Method for Sustainable Hybrid Solutions.

• Recipient of Otto Mønsted Fonden Travel Grant (2014 & 2015).

• Recipient of Marie Curie Fellowships for Early Stage Researcher Training (2013-2016).

• Management Award from GE Water & Process Tech for outstanding work in Process Modeling of Cooling Tower Makeup Treatment      (2012).

• Young Engineer Award from GE Energy (2012).

• Management Award from GE Water & Process Tech for outstanding work in Process Modeling of BF treatment (2011).

• Programming Committee Member for PSE 2021.

• Reviewer for ESCAPE 2020.

• Editor for the special issue “Learning for Process Optimization and Control” under Processes.