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General Information

Full Name Sarang Sunil Nath
Date of Birth 28th September 1993
Email nathsarang [at] gmail [dot] com
Languages English, Hindi, Kannada, French

Education

  • 2019 - 2022
    Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
    Technical University of Denmark
    • Research at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability
    • Co-advised by Prof. Lars Nielsen and Prof. John Villadsen
  • 2015 - 2018
    M. S. in Chemical Engineering
    Stanford University
    • Research work in group of Prof. Alexander Dunn
    • Course GPA of 3.904/4
  • 2011 - 2015
    B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
    • First position in the graduating batch with a GPA of 9.849/10
    • Minor Area in Biological Sciences

Academic Interests

  • Analytical and computational modeling of biochemical and biophysical networks
  • Alternative representations and mathematical solution of reactive systems
  • Mechanism of molecular motors and ion channels

Experience

  • Jun 2019 - present
    Kinetic Modelling of Large-Scale Metabolic Networks
    DTU Biosustain
    • Advised by Prof. Lars Nielsen and Prof. John Villadsen
    • Developed improved isotope labelling schemes to study the kinetics of chemical reaction networks
    • Applied and improved Bayesian methods to solve whole-cell models and extract cellular dynamics
  • Jun 2019 - present
    Representing Reaction Networks as Electrical Circuits
    DTU Biosustain
    • Advised by Prof. Lars Nielsen and Prof. John Villadsen
    • Transformed chemical and biochemical reactive systems into equivalent modular electrical circuits
    • Applied this approach to chaotic systems (Olsen attractor) and cyclic mechanisms (DHFR pathway)
  • Jul 2017 - Jan 2019
    Molecular Mechanisms of Integrin Clustering
    Stanford University
    • Advised by Prof. Alexander Dunn
    • Executed molecular dynamics simulations to generate a phase space for integrin cluster formation
    • Determined energetic and configurational barriers to association and interaction at the molecular scale
  • Jan 2016 - Jul 2017
    Tension Sensor Calibration and Adhesion Experiments
    Stanford University
    • Advised by Prof. Alexander Dunn
    • Calibrated molecular tension sensors in a magnetic trap to relate force, FRET output, and extension
    • Employed the sensors to image force distribution within focal adhesions in human foreskin fibroblasts
  • Jul 2014 - Sep 2015
    Alignment of Rings in Shear Flow
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
    • Advised by Prof. Shantanu Roy and Prof. Vikram Singh
    • Designed and fabricated an experimental setup to visualize alignment of ring-like bodies in shear flow
    • Analyzed the effect of modifying body shape by boundary element method simulations in MATLAB
  • May - Jul 2013
    Genome Scale Metabolic Modeling
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • Advised by Prof. Parmesh Ramanathan and Prof. Aseem Ansari
    • Automated metabolic model reconstruction to engineer biological systems for desirable functionalities
    • Explored feasibility of biosynthesis of secondary metabolites through in silico optimization routines
  • May - Jul 2012
    RNA Imaging using Spinach-DFHBI
    Ecole Normale Superieure Paris
    • Advised by Prof. Ludovic Jullien
    • Formulated a mechanistic and kinetic model of photoswitchable Spinach-DFHBI RNA imaging system
    • Published results in Chemical Science and patented novel proof of concept for fluorescence detection

Teaching

  • Mar - Jun 2018
    TA in Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering
    Stanford University
  • Mar - Jun 2017
    TA in Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Engineering
    Stanford University

Other Interests

  • Reading, Tennis, Board games, Tabla