The University of Toledo

Mithun Khattar, M.Phil., M.S., B.S.
IIT Fifth Year Student - Ph.D. Program
Hometown:  New Delhi, India
Project: "The role of JAK3 and STAT5 signaling in T cell mediated transplant tolerance" 
Advisor:  Dr. Stanislaw Stepkowski
Email:  Mithun.Khattar@uToledo.edu

Jixiao (James) Liang, B.S.
IIT  Third Year Student - Ph.D. Program
Hometown: Changchun, Jilin, China
Project:  tba
Advisor:  Dr. Robert M. Blumenthal
Email:  Jixiao.Liang@uToledo.edu

John-Paul Lavik, B.A. Biology & Chemistry
IIT Fifth Year Student - M.D./Ph.D. Program
Hometown: Mentor, OH
Project:   "Host/pathogen interactions in Lyme disease"
Advisor:  Dr. R. Mark Wooten
Email:  John-Paul.Lavik@uToledo.edu

Ran Lu, M.S. in Cell Biology
IIT Fourth Year Ph.D. Student - Ph.D. Program
Hometown:  Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China
Project:  tba
Advisor:  Dr. Akira Takashima
Email:  Ran.Lu@uToledo.edu

Gurpanna Saggu, M.Sc. Biotechnology
IIT Third Year Ph.D. Student - Ph.D. Program
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Project: tba
Advisor:  Dr. Viviana Ferreira
email:  Gurpanna.Saggu@uToledo.edu

Paul Schroder, B.S.
IIT Fifth Year Student - M.D./Ph.D. Program
Hometown:  Strongsville, OH
Project:  "Modulation of T cell receptor and interleukin-2 signals to induce depletion of activated effector T cells while protecting the expansion of regulatory T cells for protection against auto- and allo-immune responses"
Advisor:  Dr. Stanislaw Stepkowski
Email:   Paul.Schroder@uToledo.edu

Padmapriya Sekar, M.S., B.S.
IIT Second Year Student - Ph.D. Program
Hometown:  Mumbai, India
Project:  tba
Advisor:  Dr. R. Mark Wooten
Email:  Padmapriya.Sekar@uToledo.edu

Yi Yao, M.S. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
IIT Second Year Student - Ph.D. Program
Hometown: Province: Jilin, Country: China
Project: tba
Advisor: Dr. Akira Takashima
Email:  Yi.Yao@uToledo.edu

Nan Zhang, B.S., Medicine
IIT Second Year Student - Ph.D. Program
Hometown: Qinhuangdao, Province: Hebei,  Country: China
Project: tba
Advisor:  Dr. R. Mark Wooten
Email:  Nan.Zhang@uToledo.edu

Anita Iyer
IIT Second Year Student - Ph.D. Program
Hometown: Mumbai, India
Project: tba
Advisor: Dr. Julie Westerink
Email:  Anita.Iyer@UToledo.edu