Meera is a microscopy scientist and physicist with a decade of experience in advanced electron and optical imaging across life sciences, materials science, and nanotechnology. Her work integrates cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM), high-resolution TEM (HR-TEM), liquid-cell TEM, super-resolution microscopy, and correlative imaging approaches for nanoscale characterisation.

She obtained her PhD from Nanyang Technological University, where she was awarded a Nanyang Technological University Research Fellowship. Her doctoral research was funded by the National Research Foundation (Singapore) and performed at the National University of Singapore, focusing on liquid-cell electron microscopy, interfacial physics, nanofabrication, and nanofluidics. Her postdoctoral research at IIT Kanpur involved cryo-EM and TEM-based structural analysis of proteins. She has since worked in multidisciplinary research and technical roles across international environments, including STORM and FISH-based super-resolution imaging of nuclear architecture at Baylor College of Medicine, advanced optical and super-resolution microscopy facility support and training at the University of Hong Kong, and photonics and super-resolution microscopy system development in industry at Jasper Display Corporation.

At INL, she is developing imaging workflows for beam-sensitive nanomaterials, including battery materials. Her current work focuses on cryo-EM and low-dose TEM strategies using Thermo Fisher Glacios and JEOL high-resolution TEM platforms, integrating instrumentation, sample preparation, and quantitative image analysis to support both scientific teams and institutional method development.