Shanthi Rajaraman received her M.S. and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and Rutgers University, respectively. Prior to moving to Georgia Tech, she was an Associate Professor of Chemistry at Stockton University, NJ. Her research interests span the areas of Synthetic Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Chemical Education. In addition, she is trained in the South Indian classical dance style Bharatanatyam on which she has offered classes in the General Studies curriculum at Stockton University. As part of this, she has guided students to do Service-learning and Community Engagement projects. She joined Georgia Tech in fall 2022 as a Senior Academic Professional and is the Director of Opportunities Research Scholars’ Program in the School of ECE