I am a satellite oceanographer specifically interested in ocean color remote sensing and marine optics. My research focuses on improving and developing ocean color methods to understand the distribution and dynamics of optically active components such as phytoplankton, dissolved organic matter, suspended sediments and zooplankton across diverse marine ecosystems.

I earned my Ph.D. in ocean color remote sensing from IIT Bombay as a DST INSPIRE Fellow, where I studied long term and event driven variability in phytoplankton size classes in the Arabian Sea. Before joining IISER TVM, I worked as a Postdoctoral Scientist at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Maine, USA on the NASA and Maine DMR funding. My postdoctoral research focused on detecting optically active zooplankton in the Gulf of Maine, especially Calanus finmarchicus, the primary prey for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.

As an Assistant Professor in the School of Earth, Environmental and Sustainability Sciences at IISER TVM, I aim to build an interdisciplinary research that integrates satellite oceanography, marine optics and climate ecosystem interactions.