I am born in India where I did my bachelors. I moved to the Netherlands in 2016 (ten years ago) for my masters. I did the research master infection and immunity at Erasmus MC. Following that, I did my PhD at the lab of Reno Debets at Erasmus medical center, Rotterdam in Identification of EBV specific TCRs and immune evasion mechanisms for immunotherapy treatment of EBV positive head and neck cancer patients.
I am currently working at the Dutch Institute of public health and environment (RIVM) on understanding the short and long term impact of vaccination for Influenza and applying those findings to generate awareness on childhood vaccination policy. My greater vision now for the future is to build scientific collaborations between EU and India in the future in infectious disease immunology.
