Khushboo Bafna

Khushboo Bafna has extensive experience in scientific research and analysis. Khushboo is currently working at Quantum-Si as a Senior Scientist, starting in June 2022. Prior to this, Khushboo worked at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a Postdoctoral Research Associate from September 2019 to June 2022. Khushboo'sresponsibilities included characterizing COVID-19 proteases, screening antiviral candidates, and improving the design of designed proteins.

Before their role at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Khushboo was a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from August 2014 to July 2019. Khushboo also worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory from May 2015 to April 2018. Additionally, they served as a Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi from August 2012 to April 2014 and completed a summer internship at the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics in May 2011.

Khushboo Bafna completed their Master's degree in Bioinformatics from Pondicherry University from the years 2010 to 2012. Additionally, they obtained a certification in German Language from Pondicherry University in August 2010. In April 2013, they completed the course "An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python" from Coursera. Khushboo then went on to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from 2014 to 2019.