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CURRENT LAB MEMBERS

Ramji K. Bhandari, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator

Gene-environment Interactions
Epigenetics

GOOGLE SCHOLAR
ORCiD / PubMed

RESEARCH SCIENTISTS

Sourav Chakraborty, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Epigenetic basis for the development and progression of transgenerational metabolic diseases

GOOGLE SCHOLAR
PubMed

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.

GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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)

Office: 217a Lefevre Hall
Lab: 219 Lefevre Hall

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