Meet the Team
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Mehul Suthar, PhD
Principal Investigator
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Kevin Silva, MS, PMP, LSSBB
Program and Research Manager
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Alberto Moreno, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Affiliate Scientist
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Joe Rouse, MS, PhD
Assistant Academic Research Scientist
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Bushra Wali, PhD
Assistant Research Scientist
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Sungjin (John) Kim, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist
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Meenakshi Kar, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
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Shilu Malakar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Katharine Floyd, M.A.
Senior Research Specialist
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Jacob Vander Velden
Lead Research Specialist
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Madison Ellis, B.S.
Lead Research Specialist
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Aayush Patel
Research Specialist
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Austin Leech
Graduate student
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Saman Baral
Graduate Student
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Madeleine Rasche
Graduate Student
Past Lab Members:
Venkata Edara, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow 2020 – 2022
Postdoctoral fellow at Emory University, Dr. Ann Chahroudi, Atlanta, GA
Matthew Zimmerman, MD
Graduate Student 2014-2020
Primary Care Track Internal Medicine PGY3
Kathryn Moore, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow 2020 – 2024
Postdoctoral fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
Justin O’Neal, PhD
Graduate Student 2015-2019
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) fellow at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, under the direction of Dr. Christina Spiropoulou
Stephanie Foster, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow 2021 – 2023
Microbiologist at US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Manhattan, KS
Abigail Vanderheiden, PhD
Graduate Student, 2017-2021
Postdoctoral fellow, Diamond Laboratory, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Choongho Lee, PharmD
Visiting Scholar, 2021 – 2022
Associate Professor, Dongguk University College of Pharmacy
Postdoctoral Fellow 2015-2019
Postdoctoral fellow at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
Assistant Research Scientist, 2020-2023
Biologist, Centers for Disease Control (CDC/NCIRD/CORVD)
