Postdocs
Somok Bhowmik
Postdoctoral Researcher
Understanding how bacterial symbionts utilize T3SS to reside inside the host and manipulate the host defense system
Zachary Budimir
Postdoctoral Researcher
Discovery and characterization of novel RiPPs from the gut microbiome
Nereyda Falconi
Postdoctoral Researcher
How organisms move in their environments and how they interact with other organisms
Yash Gupta
Postdoctoral Researcher
Computational modeling and in vitro and in vivo validation to develop novel treatments for malaria, tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, and COVID-19
Madangchanok Imchen
Postdoctoral Researcher
The role of the microbiome in the host’s biology and evolution.
Manoj Kumar
Postdoctoral Researcher
High-throughput genomics, emphasizing bioinformatics and multi-omics strategies, including Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS), RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq), variant calling, whole genome sequencing (WGS), metagenomics, protein modeling, and molecular docking.
Melanie Medina López
Postdoctoral Researcher
Soil micropredators for plant pathogen control
Saleh Rahimlou
Postdoctoral Researcher
The evolution of trophic status within the Ceratobasidiaceae family
Sumudu Rajakaruna
Postdoctoral Researcher
How diet shapes gut microbiome function and host metabolism using multi-omics approaches
