Khushboo Rawat, Ph.D.

About

• A passionate Research Scientist having 8+ years of research experience of working in interdisciplinary International environment on an odyssey towards developing world class solutions to real world challenges by contributing best services to the field of health sciences. • Dexterous planning and project management skills resulting in increased team efficiency, ability to present complex concepts to a variety of audiences and building good rapport with International collaborators and funding agencies. • Energetic, amiable and effective science and technical communicator, received many travel grants and invited talks to present data internationally, consistent track record of completing assigned projects successfully as evidenced by multiple scientific publications.

Experience

• Quality Assurance Scientist at Prolytic
  May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

• Auszubildende als ,Life Science Manager' bei Habmann AufstiegsAkademie at Habmann AufstiegsAkademie
  Feb 2020 - Sep 2020 · 8 mos

• Principal Investigator at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
  Oct 2015 - Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos

   Writing Research Grants and securing funding: Awarded a research grant under DST WOS-A scheme, to work towards deciphering molecular signaling pathways in malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.  Research Focus: Planning, development and validation of novel cell biological assays to dissect the protein signaling mechanism in Apicomplexan parasites and finding new vaccine and drug targets to combat diseases like malaria and toxoplasmosis.  Project and Lab management: Planning, evaluation and management of multiple ongoing and upcoming projects in the lab; managing scientific, regulatory and legal documents; hitting deadlines and managing budgets; troubleshooting technical failures; developing SOPs and timely furnishing annual reports to secure timely renewal of research grants each year.  Data presentation: at various National and International Conferences to build International relationships and collaborations; presenting data and annual reports to internal and external partners of interdisciplinary and cross-functional teams to evaluate work progress.  Scientific Communication: writing, proof-reading and publishing research papers in scientific journals of international repute, writing new project proposals etc.

• PHD at International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
  Feb 2010 - Nov 2015 · 5 yrs 10 mos

  PhD Research Focus: Unraveling protein transport mechanisms in Plasmodium falciparum.  Planning, implementing and interpreting experiments: involving cell biological, hematological, immunological and drug inhibition assays etc.  Teaching and Training: training Master's and PhD students for fulfillment of their thesis work.  Organization of practical courses, graduate seminars and international conference