Mrinalini Puranik

Dr. Mrinalini Puranik obtained her PhD in physics at the Indian Institute of Science at Bangalore. She worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University, USA and Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany.

Dr. Puranik obtained her Masters in Business Administration while working as an Associate Professor of physical chemistry at IISER, Pune, India. She currently leads a diverse R&D team to enhance global digitization solutions at Shell, India.

Education

• Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (1995 — 2001)
• MSc Savitribai Phule Pune University (1992 — 1992)

Companies

• Manager Shell (2020)
• Lead Scientist Unilever (2016 — 2020)
• Chevening-Rolls Royce Fellow Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (2016 — 2016)
• Associate Professor Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune (2012 — 2016)
• Faculty member, Reader National Centre for Biological Sciences (2004 — 2012)
• Max-Planck India Fellow Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (2006 — 2010)
• Postdoctoral Fellow Princeton University (2001 — 2004)
• Student Indian Institute of Science (1995 — 2001)
• Visiting Researcher University of Groningen, The Netherlands (1998 — 1999)