I obtained my Ph.D. in Mathematics in August, 2014 at the Ohio State University, under the guidance of Jean Lafont. I have been working as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Mathematics at Vanderbilt University since then. My research interests lie in the fields of Geometry, Topology, K-theory and Geometric Group Theory. My current research focuses on the study of various rigidity problems in manifold topology, as well as various closely related problems that arise in K- and L-theories and geometric group theory.