CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
Ramji K. Bhandari, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Gene-Environment Interactions, Developmental/Reproductive Biology, Epigenetics
Santosh Anand, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Bioinformatics, Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence
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)
Gut microbiome-epigenome interactions, Epigenome editing
Su Men
Graduate Student
Epigenome editing of embryonic somatic and germ cells
Thomas Nickel
Graduate Student
Environmentally Induced epigenetic aging of reproductive and metabolic tissues
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Noah Adams
Sophomore
CRISPR-mediated epigenome editing of DNA methylation in medaka embryos
Collaboration with S. Men and S. Parvej
Darcey Wright
Freshmen
Immune responses of the current generation with a history of ancestral BPA exposure to infectious pathogen signals.
Collaboration with S. Anand
Seb Sweaney
Sophomore
Mitigation of environmentally induced epigenetic aging of liver
Together with S. Chakraborty.
Justin Kirkpatrick
Sophomore
Histological alterations in the liver and gonads caused by environmental chemical exposure.
Collaboration with S. Chakraborty
Drew Bunge
Sophomore
Epigenetic reprogramming of parental germline memories in early cleavage embryos
Collaboration with S. Men
Mina Giurgius
Junior
Gene environment interactions in testicular germ cells
Collaboration with A. Giri
Colson Schmit
Junior
Expression of mitochondrial genes during intergenerational inheritance of the liver disease
Collaboration with S. Anand
Aiva Rudolf
Freshmen
Gene-environment interactions in testicular somatic cells
Collaboration with J. Nath