Resume
9 Years of Experience
Education
July 2022
University of South DakotaPh.D.
Dissertation: “Photophysical, Electrochemical, and Catalytic Studies of Anthraquinone and Pyridoxyl-based Sensors and Development of Ruthenium Photosensitizers.”
Advisor: Dr. Andrew G. Sykes
December 2019
University of South DakotaM.S.
Thesis: “The Fluorometric Detection of Metal Cations Using Internal Imine Derivatives of Anthraquinone-18-crown-5.”
Advisor: Dr. Andrew G. Sykes
July 2014
Tribhuvan UniversityM.S.
Thesis: “Phytochemical and antimicrobial screening of Rauvolfia serpentina (Linn.) Benth. ex Kurz and Tamarindus indica Linn., and chemical investigation of the root of Rauvolfia serpentina by GC-MS analysis.”
Advisor: Dr. Pradeep Bahadur Neupane and Dr. Ram Narayan Jha
July 2009
Tribhuvan UniversityB.S.
- Completed Graduation in Science, majoring in Chemistry.
- Subject studied: Biology, Zoology, Chemistry, and Research and Techniques
Experiences
2017 - 2022
Dr. Sykes Lab, University of South DakotaGraduate Research Assistant
- Responsible for lab maintenance and safety practices, handling hazardous chemicals, maintaining inventories, purchasing chemicals, and so on.
- Designed and developed several novel organic and organometallic materials for live-cell imaging, catalysis, and photosensitizers application.
- Developed an electrochemical method for deoxygenation reactions and analyzed the products with several analytical techniques such as atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), Single-Crystal XRD, NMR, IR, UV-Vis, Fluorescence, GC-MS, and ESI-MS spectroscopy.
- Voluntarily served as a teaching assistant to teach in organic chemistry laboratories.
2014-2017
Several Online PlatformsChemistry and Math Tutor
- Several online platforms such as Got-It Al, Yup.com, and Socratic.org.
- NAME Institute, MBBS Entrance preparation – Kathmandu, Nepal.
Trainings
March 2022
University of South DakotaPresident’s Senior Leadership Institute
May 2020
LinkedIn Online StudyProgramming Foundations: Beyond the Fundamentals
April 2019
University of South DakotaEnvironmental Health and Safety Chemical Hygiene Certification
Awards
Fall 2022
University of South DakotaGraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Grant
Presented in the Idea Fest 2022
September 2019
American Chemical Society1 st Place Graduate Research Award
American Chemical Society’s 2019 Symposium & Poster Session
Synthesis Skills
Organic Synthesis
95%
Organometallic Synthesis
90%
Purification
90%
Crystallization
87%
Crystallographic Skills
Molecular Structure Determination
95%
APEX II/APEX III
95%
SHELXL
96%
Olex2
80%
WinGX/Ortep3/Platon
95%
Mercury
96%
Instrument Skills
Bruker AXS Smart Apex CCD
95%
Bruker D8 Venture
93%
Bruker Alpha FT-IR spectrometer
97%
Bruker Ascend™ 400 MHz
95%
Shimadzu GCMS-QP2010 SE
85%
Rigaku Ultima IV X-ray Diffractometer
85%
Varian Cary 50 Bio UV-Vis spectrometer
90%
Varian 500-MS Ion Trap Mass spectrometer
90%
Horiba Fluoromax-4
95%
Photon Technology International (PTI) steady-state spectrofluorometer
95%
Software/Other Skills
MS Office
93%
Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator
85%
Web Design/Development
87%
HTML/CSS/SSL
91%
Photography
84%