Sharadh and Emma first met at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the beginning of their PhD programs. On orientation day, one of their professors gave a lecture on what to expect in graduate school. At the end of the lecture he said, "everyone look to the left, look to the right." Instead of saying, one of those people won't make it through the program, he said "you'll marry one of these people some day."

On one of their first dates to a performance of the Albany Symphony, Emma and Sharadh are photographed and printed on the front page of the Times Union news paper! So much for keeping the dates secret!

Emma was completely surprised when Sharadh proposed to her near a waterfall at Letchworth State Park in August of 2020.

Sharadh and Emma moved to D.C. to start their NRC post-doctoral fellowships at the Laboratory of Physical Sciences, and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, respectively. They are loving the adventure, including watching the National Symphony Orchestra perform on the lawn on the capitol.