People
CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
Ramji K. Bhandari, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Gene-environment Interactions
Epigenetics
RESEARCH SCIENTISTS
Sourav Chakraborty, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Epigenetic basis for the development and progression of transgenerational metabolic diseases
Mehwish Faheem, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Intra- and inter-generational epigenetic inheritance of environmentally induced traits
Epigenetics
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
ORCiD
Santosh Anand, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Bioinformatician and Data Analyst
DNA methylation, histone modification, scRNA sequencing, ATACseq, ChIPseq, Methylseq, RNAseq
Integration of genomic, proteomic, metabolomic, and epigenomic data and use of Artificial Intelligence to identify biomarkers of disease onset and progression.
Great Scientist (TBD). Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Reproductive Biology, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, Epigenome editing, spermatogonial stem cells, molecular and developmental biology.
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
Pooja Bhandari
Senior Research Technician
Management of the research lab
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Jayasree Nath
Graduate Student
Gene-environment interactions in gonadal somatic cells
Anjana Giri
Graduate Student
Gene-environment interactions in gonadal germ cells
Hunter Kulesz
Graduate Student
Immune responses of the current generation with a history of ancestral BPA exposure to infectious pathogen signals
Mohamed Togol
Graduate Student (on leave)
Developmental origin of reproductive and metabolic health effects
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Justin Kirkpatrick
Sophomore
CRISPR-mediated epigenome editing of DNA methylation in medaka embryos
Noah Adams
Sophomore
CRISPR-mediated epigenome editing of DNA methylation in medaka embryos
Darcey Wright
Freshmen
Immune responses of the current generation with a history of ancestral BPA exposure to infectious pathogen signals. The project is together with Hunter Kulesz.
Thomas Nickel
Junior, Honors Research Project
Epigenetic aging of the liver due to direct and ancestral exposure to a plasticizer, Bisphenol A (BPA)