Research Faculty
Rajani Adiga
Sai Sathish Ramamurthy (Research Assistant Professor)
Chandrasekhar Gurramkonda (Research Associate Professor)
Manohar Pilli (Research Assistant Professor) – Currently working at FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
Research Staff
Karuna Mupparapu (CAST Lab Manager)
Sarah Burney (Research Faculty Assistant) – Currently attending Medical School in Fall 2023
Monireh Marsafari (Visiting Research Faculty Assistant) – Currently working at Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Abhay Andar (Assistant Research Scientist) – Currently working at Champions Oncology
Kevin Tran (Research Engineer) – Currently working at CenterHQ
Erick Gutierrez (System Design Engineer) – Currently working at Eli Lilly
Mustafa Al-Adhami (Research Assistant) – Currently working at Astek Diagnostics
Benjamin Punshon-Smith (Research Assistant)
David Burgenson (Research Assistant) – Currently working at Sutro Biopharma, Inc.
Sevda Deldari (Research Assistant) – Currently working at FDA
Joel Tyson (Research Assistant)
Lynn Wong (Research Assistant) – Currently working at AstraZeneca
Sheniqua Brown (Research Assistant) – Currently working at Northrop Grumman
Shayan Borhani (Research Assistant) – Currently working at Meso Scale Diagnostics, LLC
Md Sadique Hasan (Research Assistant) – Currently working at FDA
Vida Rahmatnejad (Research Assistant) – Currently working at Alexion, AstraZeneca RDU
Postdoctoral Associates
Viki Chopda – Currently working at Intas Pharmaceuticals
Chariz Penalber
Graduate Students
Timothy Holzberg – Currently working at Merck
Dagmawi Tiluhan – Currently working at Merck
Undergraduate Interns
Brandon Wagner – Currently working at Raytheon Technologies
Priyanka Rauniyar – Currently working at Neuralink
Chang Wu Mungai
Aravind Yeramilli
Meera Mysore
Harley Edwards
Vandan Thakkar
Eric Ankers
Violet Haya
Anjali Shankar
Lei Tolosa
Neelesh Mupparapu
Leanne Domingo
Elizabeth Tan
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