Polymer Chemistry 
  Noonan Lab 
@ Carnegie Mellon University  Efficient energy storage systems and innovative material production processes are major challenges that require contributions from chemists towards achieving a sustainable society. The Noonan Lab works on the development of new conjugated materials and polymers that incorporate main group elements. 
My work focues on sythesising tunable systems for fluorescence and electronic applications. 

Great appreciation to my mentor Dhruv Sharma and the Noonan Lab! 
Protein Chemistry 
  Centre for High Performance Materials
@ ITA Institut für Textiltechnik der RWTH Aachen University
"Circwool" project: aims to develop innovative recycling technology for wool waste and reintegrate it into a circular textile cycle.

My work focused on pioneering the optimization of a green chemical extraction method for keratin from upcycled local wool and develop potential applications. Through this initial research phase, we successfully synthesized the first batch of working sizing, which was then applied to glass fibers for mechanical properties and wettability testing, including embedded fiber testing and pull-out tests. This foundational research lays the groundwork for creating a new, sustainable feedstock for industries like plastics (producing film through crosslinking keratin with enzymes) and fertilizers (soil enrichment through keratin degradation studies), moving beyond reliance on petroleum-based materials.