curriculum vitae
Basics
| Name | Niranjan Sarpangala |
| Label | Postdoctoral Scholar |
| sarpangalan at gmail dot com | |
| Url | https://github.com/nsarpangala |
| Summary | Postdoctoral scholar at University of Pennsylvania with a background in computational biophysics and mechanical modeling. Skilled in graph-based simulations, microscopy data analysis, and AI applications in image analysis. Passionate about integrating physics-based models with machine learning to develop solutions for healthcare and material science. |
Education
Work
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2023 - Present Philadelphia, PA
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Pennsylvania
Developing fast and scalable models for mechanical network optimization. Collaborating with experimentalists to understand structure-function relationships in soft materials.
- Developed graph-based methods for computing mechanical response of elastic truss structures outperforming finite element method appraches.
- Optimized topology of networks for enhanced elastic energy dissipation
- Integrated modeling with experimental data for nonlinear mechanical materials.
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2017 - 2023 Merced, CA
Graduate Researcher
University of California, Merced
Simulated intracellular cargo transport by molecular motors and analyzed time-lapse microscopy data to extract mechanical and transport properties.
- Built Brownian dynamics models validated by experimental data.
- Predicted impact of membrane dynamics on motor coordination.
- Analyzed microscopy data using MATLAB and FIJI resulting in peer reviewed publications.
Projects
- 2023 - Present
Mechanical Network Optimization
- Used JAX and SLURM clusters for scalable computation.
- 2024 - Present
Blocky metamaterials
- Reduction in computational cost, persistent homology analysis.
- 2017 - 2023
Intracellular Transport Modeling
- Demonstrated key physical mechanisms improving transport.
- Published in PLOS Computational Biology.
Skills
| Programming | |
| Python | |
| MATLAB | |
| Bash | |
| R |
| Libraries and Tools | |
| JAX | |
| NumPy | |
| scikit-learn | |
| Pandas | |
| Git | |
| Jupyter | |
| FIJI | |
| SLURM |
| Modeling and Analysis | |
| Elastic Networks | |
| Brownian Dynamics | |
| Microscopy Image Analysis |
Awards
- 2023
Graduate Dean's Dissertation Fellowship
University of California Merced
Awarded for doctoral students to help with dissertation completion.
- 2019
Graduate Students Opportunity Fellowship (GSOP)
Graduate Division, UC Merced
Included funding for research and tution waiver for one year of graduate school.
- 2021
Outstanding Outreach and Service Award
Physics Department, UC Merced
- 2018
Best Academic Performance Award
Physics Department, UC Merced
Languages
| English | |
| Fluent |
| Kannada | |
| Native |
Interests
| Science Education | |
| Outreach | |
| Curriculum Design | |
| Remote Teaching |