I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Computational Earth Sciences division of Los Alamos National Laboratory. My current research is directed towards coupling non-linear geomechanical models with flow and heat transport models in porous media. I obtained my Ph.D from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University for the work I did on modeling dissolution-driven convection in the context of geological sequestration of carbon dioxide. Prior to joining Johns Hopkins, I completed my B.Tech (Batchelor of Technology) and M.Tech in Chemical Engineering as part of a 5-year Dual-Degree program from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai, India.

For my dissertation, I studied the process of density-driven convection that can result when carbon dioxide which is injected into saline formations begins to dissolve in the in-situ brine. We have used a combination of theoretical stability calculations and high-resolution numerical simulation to characterize the length and time-scales associated with this process. You can read more details about this work in the Research section of the website.