Curriculum Vitae
Education
Researcher in Informatics — Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany (2022–2025)
- Cognitive Computer Vision Lab, Chair of Visual Computing
- Research at the intersection of Computer Vision and Computational Neuroscience
M.Sc. Life Science Informatics — University of Bonn, Germany (2018–2020)
- CGPA: 1.7 / 5.0 (German grading scale)
- Master’s Thesis: Extracting Most Predictive Subgraphs from Models of Human Brain Connectivity
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schultz
B.Sc. (Hons) Physics — Miranda House, University of Delhi, India (2015–2018)
- CGPA: 8.35 / 10.0
All India Senior School Certificate (Science Stream) — Delhi Public School R.K. Puram
- Score: 95.5%
Work Experience
Researcher — Cognitive Computer Vision Lab, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Oct 2022 – Sep 2025)
- Conducted research at the intersection of Computer Vision and Neuroscience
- Developed and evaluated computational models of visual perception
- Presented work at international venues including ICLR 2025 and CogSci 2024
Data Analyst & Research Scientist — Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig (Mar 2021 – Sep 2022)
- Designed end-to-end pipelines for NIRS-EEG and fMRI data processing
- Ran quality control on MRI scans and optimized NLP models for multimodal neuroimaging data
- Developed workflows for deployment on High Performance Clusters (HPC)
- Managed large-scale neuroimaging datasets (O(TBytes)) using DataLad
Master’s Thesis Student — Visualization & Medical Image Analysis Group, University of Bonn (Summer 2020)
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schultz
- Topic: Extracting Most Predictive Subgraphs from Models of Human Brain Connectivity
Student Research Assistant — Visualization & Medical Image Analysis Group, University of Bonn (Summer 2019)
- Research topic: Fiber tracking in diffusion MRI
Research Assistant — Design Innovation Centre, Cluster Innovation Centre, University of Delhi (2016–2017)
- Analysis of EEG data and fMRI data (OpenNeuro.org)
Skills
Programming Languages: Python, R, C++, MATLAB, Java, HTML/CSS, Scala
Deep Learning & ML: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, scikit-learn
Neuroimaging: FSL, SPM, mRtrix3, Nipype, DiPy, Scalismo, Psychopy
DevOps & Infrastructure: Docker, Git, SLURM, CUDA, Apache/MySQL
Data Management: DataLad, rclone, ownCloud, Blender
Presentations
- Poster — ICLR 2025 Re-Align Workshop, Singapore: Computer Graphics from a Neuroscientist’s Perspective
- Poster — CogSci 2024: Processing of Scene Intrinsics in the Ventral Visual Stream for Object Recognition
- Poster — CogSci 2023: Perception of Mooney Faces: Extreme Generalization through Inverse Rendering?
- Lecture — Computational Visual Perception, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg (Dec 2024): Neuroimaging: An Overview
Service & Leadership
- Reviewer — UniReps 2025 Workshop (NeurIPS)
- Organizer & Helper — VMV 2025, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
- President (2016–17) — Vidyut, The Physics Society, Miranda House, University of Delhi