CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
Ramji K. Bhandari, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Gene-Environment Interactions
Epigenetics
Santosh Anand, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Bioinformatician and Data Analyst
Sourav Chakraborty, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Epigenetic basis for the development and progression of transgenerational metabolic diseases
Shafiullah Parvej, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Visiting Scientist, July 1, 2025~)
CRISPR-dCas9 epigenome editing of embryonic somatic cells and germline stem cells
Su Men
Graduate Student
CRISPR-dCas9 epigenome editing of embryonic somatic and germ cells
Jayasree Nath
Graduate Student
Gene-environment interactions in gonadal somatic cells
Anjana Giri
Graduate Student
Gene-environment interactions in gonadal germ cells
Thomas Nickel
Graduate Student
Epigenetic aging of reproductive and metabolic cells
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
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.
Seb Sweaney
Sophomore
Environmentally induced intergenerational epigenetic inheritance of liver disease
Justin Kirkpatrick
Sophomore
Histological alterations in the liver and gonads caused by environmental chemical exposure. Together with S. Chakraborty and Su Men.
CRISPR-mediated epigenome editing of DNA methylation in medaka embryos.
Drew Bunge
Sophomore
Epigenetic reprogramming of parental germline memories in early cleavage embryos
Mina Giurgius
Junior
Gene environment interactions in testicular germ cells
Colson Schmit
Junior
Expression of mitochondrial genes during intergenerational inheritance of the liver disease
Aiva Rudolf
Freshmen
Gene-environment interactions in testicular somatic cells