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Productivity is such a cornerstone of American values that it feels morally wrong to not want to be as industrious as I was just a month ago. It’s been especially tough as an experimental scientist not being able to rely on lab work to make me feel efficient. It will take some time for us to get used to things things, but we humans are adaptable. That does not mean we are intrinsically “productive” given any and all circumstances. Be patient with yourself ❤️ . . . #productivity #qotd #quote #patience #workfromhome #motivation #quarantine #quarantinelife #selflove #selfcare #selfisolation #socialdistancing #workinprogress #efficient #values #human #pandemic #epidemic #coronavirus #covid_19 #stayhome #stayhealthy #staysafe #sonalslabnotebook #phd #gradstudent #phdlife #gradschool #scientist #phdstudent

“Where the hand👌🏽is, the eyes 👀 follow. Where the eyes go, the mind 🧠 follows. Where the mind is, there are feelings ❤️. Where there are feelings, there is the sweetness of dance 🍰.” - from the ancient textbook of Bharatanatyam, the Natya Shastra . (Yes, this is a Kathak pose 😅) . . #natyashastra #mudra #abhinaya #eyes #expressions #feeling #quotes #qotd #dancequotes #dance #indiandance #bharatanatyam #kathak #classicaldance #ancient #tradition #joy #love #happiness #positivevibes #danceposes #meherdance #coronavirus #covid_19 #sonalslabnotebook #dancingscientist

Just holding on to each for dear life as we figure out which way the world is spinning. ❤️ Thankful to have friends to zoom with every evening. I’ve been 10x more social in quarantine than before this mess started. 😂

Good friends have a shoulder you can lean on. (And also apparently have the same hair as you? @bollyboi_y 😂) Hope everyone is supporting and being supported by their loved ones right now. ❤️ Be safe, stay healthy, love one another.

My face permanently this week as all the events I’m looking forward to get cancelled because of the coronavirus. They have yet to close my university, but they have extended spring break by one week. (I have to go into lab regardless 😅) I’m doing my best to keep this in perspective - everyone has to make emotional and financial sacrifices right now. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Hope you and your loved ones are healthy.

Celebrating the bold women who inspire me everyday during my PhD this International Women’s Day! 👩🏽‍🔬💪🏽 . Here we are a few weeks ago for our Galentine’s Brunch. 🍳 Women are still by the far the minority in the field of physical sciences, and without proper support networks it can become isolating. I’ve been lucky to have supportive women mentors during my PhD, and I do my best to be there for the younger women scientists as well. #internationalwomensday #galentinesday #brunch #womeninscience #womeninstem #thisiswhatascientistlookslike #thisiswhatanengineerlookslike #chciagoscience #stemgirls #stemsquad

Why yes, it’s an orange lipstick in lab kinda day. 🍊💥 My vacation got cancelled yesterday because of coronavirus. I’m super bummed for a variety of reasons, but if I have to come into lab, you bet I’m going to look cute doing it. I’ve got some lithium intercalation experiments to set up today, and let’s hope I make some material that’s worth the effort. 🤞🏽

🌹Yaad piya ki aane lagi... 🌹 Anyone doing something special for V-day? I might have some plans 💃🏽💄💋😉 (Translation: when I remember my love...)

I’m a published scientist!!! 👩🏽‍🔬 So so proud to have my and @kshamaparate ’s work out there in the world. 💗 In this paper, we printed flexible graphene biosensors that can detect immune molecules that become elevated during infections like tuberculosis. I was on the graphene printing end of things, and my lovely collaborator Kshama did the biosensing experiments. #marathimulgidreamteam The cool part about this work is that the graphene sensor can be used to detect a wide variety of molecules, and we have an upcoming collaboration that demonstrates the versatile technology. If you’re interested in knowing more, ask me or read the paper! (link in bioooo 😁)

Happy Monday friends! Yesterday was a beautiful snowy day in Chicago, but I’m a SoCal girl at heart and I’m missing the 🌞. So here’s a throwback to last August when I got to perform/teach Bollywood dance in Millennium Park under the warm summer sun ☺️

Did a little spring cleaning this week because I needed more empty sample boxes, and I ended up tossing out a couple hundred samples from 2018-2019. Going through all those boxes felt like an archeological dig of “failed” experiments. It made me a little sad too - those samples represented 100s of hours of my energy. But, in the Marie Kondo spirit, I just thanked these samples for helping me learn so much, for building my intuition and confidence so I was ready to roll when something eventually went right 💜 . . If you’re curious, the purple squares are silicon dioxide wafer chips, the grey circular fragments are anodized aluminum oxide membranes, and the orange things are polyimide (plastic) films.

If you don’t think I look good in the cleanroom, it’s probably not going to work out anyway 💁🏽‍♀️ #dollypartonchallenge