2023 Graduates
Sukanya Chakravarty
Dec. 7, 2023
Sukanya Chakravarty successfully defended her dissertation titled:
"Irf3 Inhibits NF-kB Activity to Suppress Viral Lung Inflammation and Pathogenesis"
Advisor: Saurabh Chattopadhyay, Ph.D
Future Plans: Sukanya has accepted a PostDoc position at University of Kentucky
Joshua Breidenbach, Ph.D.
Feb. 16, 2023
Joshua Breidenbach successfully defended his dissertation titled:
"Harmful algal bloom toxin aerosol exposure and airway inflammation"
Advisor: Steven Haller, Ph.D.
Future Plans: Josh has accepted a PostDoc position at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico.
Smrithi Sugumaran Menon, Ph.D.
January 27, 2023
Smrithi Sugumaran Menon successfully defended her dissertation titled:
"Mechanisms by which Factor H protects Trypanosoma cruzi from the alternative pathway of complement"
Advisor: Viviana P. Ferreira, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Future Plans: Smrithi has accepted a post-doctoral position at St. Jude’s Children's Research Hospital.