About I am a fourth year graduate student at the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University. I am a Doctoral Candidate working towards my Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering under the joint supervision of Prof. Susmita Bose and Prof. Amit Bandyopadhyay. I completed my Masters of Science in Materials Science & Engineering in Fall 2015. My M.S. Thesis is titled "Effects of Polymer Chemistry, Concentration and pH Doxorubicin Release Kinetics from Hydroxyapatite-PCL-PLGA Composite for Bone Tissue Engineering."

Research Interests Nano-scale surface modification of load bearing implants Additive manufacturing Biomimetic Synthesis of bioceramics Various drug delivery systems In vitro and in vivo cell material interactions