Sriramvignesh Mani, Ph.D.

Experience

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  Reliance Industries Limited

  Jul 2011 - Nov 2012

  Manager

  ● Planned and led the operations and maintenance of the FCC-unit and coordinated with the members of electrical and mechanical engineering teams to ensure smooth operations of all the equipment ● Prepared and maintained process operating manuals, shift handover/takeover checklists for safe and productive operations of the process units● Supervised and coordinated with the field operators/technicians on a daily basis to identify potential equipment failures and scheduling them for preventive maintenance ● Ensured safe working conditions prior to and after a major maintenance job and also enforced industrial standards for proper disposal of waste products ● Acquainted with industrial accidents around the world and discussed with colleagues on ways to prevent similar accidents in the plant Show less

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  Texas Tech University

  Jan 2014 - Dec 2017

  Thesis: Structural and Dynamic Properties of Penetrant Molecules in Unsupported and Supported Hydrated Gels● Planned and executed diverse projects on synthetic materials such as glassy polymers, crosslinked networks, hydrogels, freestanding and supported polymer films to understand their nanoscale structure and macroscopic properties resulting in 4 publications in peer-reviewed journals● Generalized a Monte-Carlo based methodology for building initial amorphous polymer structures for molecular simulations● Mentored undergraduate student(s) in implementing the generalized structure building technique as a C++ program for others to use● Presented key research findings in 6+ local and national conferences leading to a travel award and a best poster award🏆 Received a $27,000 Graduate Dissertation Fellowship for continued research and academic excellence🏆 Bestowed with Raider Red Award for Outstanding Peer-Reviewed Journal Paper in the Chemical Engineering department for the year 2016 Show less

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    May 2013 - Dec 2017

  • Teaching Assistant

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015
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  University of Chicago

  Dec 2017 - Dec 2021

  Postdoctoral Researcher

  Coarse-grained modeling of biologically relevant materials like plant primary cell walls and actin- cytoskeleton network with an overall application focusing on force mediated synthetic materials Achievements:● Garnered strong expertise in state-of-the-art coarse-graining techniques to build advanced computer models of systems like protein complexes ● Collaborated with multi-university teams and devised a plan to seamlessly integrate experimental data in developing computer models● Understood the physics behind the functionalities of plant primary cell walls and identified the key variables determining their mechanical properties● Developed Dissipative Particle Dynamics based model of plant primary cell walls using available data and established the roles of key components making up the cell wall● Implemented a novel theoretical method of coarse-graining using C++ and MPI Parallel as an add-on feature in an existing software● Developed a first-of-its-kind particle-based model for actin filaments combining reaction kinetics and molecular dynamics🏆 Bestowed with Kharasch Travel Award for presenting the research at 2019 AIChE Annual Meeting Show less

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  Amgen

  Feb 2022 - now

  • Senior Data Scientist

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Data Scientist

    Feb 2022 - Jun 2023