Suman is currently a postdoctoral research associate at the MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) and MIT Center for Research on Equitable and Open Scholarship (CREOS) hosted by Prof. Roger Levy. He was previously a postdoctoral fellow at Center for Science of Science and Innovation (CSSI) and The Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), Northwestern University working with Prof. Dashun Wang. He received his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, where he was advised by Prof. Animesh Mukherjee. He was also the recipient of IBM PhD Fellowship and Microsoft Research India PhD Fellowship Award.

His research interests lie in the interdisciplinary area of Social Data Science, where he investigates the mechanisms and dynamics of complex social systems. His research on social media focuses on understanding how various sociolinguistic phenomena emerge, are adopted; used and misused. He has contributed to understanding the detection of hate content, misinformation and adoption of mitigation strategies to stop spread of negativity on social media platforms.

He is also interested in the broad areas of Science of Science where he studies the global landscape of scientific research funding, publications and their interplay; risk taking behavior, the impact of success or failure on professional career, and various aspects of Open Science Communication – Citation bias and inclusivity, Open Peer Review etc.