I am a labor organizer based in Philadelphia, PA, focusing on the healthcare sector, and a member of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild Local 32035. I am also an Associate Faculty at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research (BISR), and author of Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care (Common Notions Press, February 2025).

Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Scholar in David Kaplan’s lab at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University (2019-2021), where my research focused on developing 3D models to study brain tumors. I received my Ph.D. in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology from the Tufts Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 2019. My graduate work, under Ana Soto and Carlos Sonnenschein, enlightened the role of vitamin D in breast development and cancer using 3D culture models. I received a B.S. in Biology from Lafayette College in 2011. In between, I worked as a lab technician in a translational breast cancer lab at Thomas Jefferson University (2011-2013). I received the Norman and Susan Krinsky Excellence in Teaching Award from Tufts University in 2018; I also received the David A. Portlock Cross-Cultural Relations Award in 2010 from Lafayette College.

My current research interests focus on the intersection of biomedical sciences, science policy, history of science and scientific research under capitalism; I am a fervent advocate of the dialectical approach to understanding biological phenomena and the natural world at large. These themes appear in my BISR courses and my writings in Jacobin, Science for the People among other outlets, and my forthcoming book.

I was born in Bangladesh and moved to the United States in 2007 to pursue higher education, but my roots continue to compel me to delve into my culture and history. My writings on Bangladesh’s politics have appeared in Le Monde Diplomatique, Red Pepper, Jamhoor and more.

I belong to the editorial collectives at Science for the People, a radical science magazine, and Jamhoor, a left media platform focusing on South Asia and its diasporas. I am a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America, the largest socialist organization in the US, where I have worked on energy democracy campaigns, electoral campaigns and political education.

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I helped establish the Jamaica Plain/Roxbury Mutual Fund in Boston, MA, and fundraised and delivered groceries. I was also part of the #FreeTheVaccine movement that seeked to remove intellectual property barriers on the COVID-19 vaccine to make them accessible worldwide.