Current Students

	Bivek Timalsina Ph.D. Student Project: TBD Advisor: TBD Email: bivek.timalsina@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Brooke Ring Ph.D. Student Project: "Enviromental Cues Driving Klebsiella Pneumoniae Pathogenicity" Advisor: Laura Mike, Ph.D. Email: Brooke.Ring@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Emily Kinney Ph.D. Student Project: TBD Advisor: TBD Email: emily.kinney2@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Hugo Sigona Gonzalez MSBS Student Project: TBD Advisor: TBD Email: hugo.sigonagonzalez@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Iluja Gautam, B.Tech. Ph.D. Student Project: "Role of platelets in immunity against respiratory paramyxovirus infections" Advisor: Randall Worth, Ph.D. Email: Iluja.Gautam@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Jessica Jiron Ph.D. Student Project: TBD Advisor: Travis, Taylor, Ph.D. Email:Jessica.Jiron@rockets.utoledo.edu
	John Presloid, M.S. Ph.D. Student Project: "Evaluation of potential vaccine against Borrelia burgdorferi" Advisor: R. Mark Wooten, Ph.D. Email: John.Presloid@utoledo.edu
	Joshua Breidenbach, B.S., M.S. Ph.D. Student Project: "Microcystin-LR Aerosol Inhalation Exposure and Airway Inflammation" Advisor: David Kennedy, Ph.D., Steven Haller, Ph.D. Email: Joshua.Breidenbach@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Justin Franco, B.S. M.D./Ph.D. Student Project: "An examination of the antiviral properties of Retinoic Acid (RA) treatment during coronavirus infection" Advisor: Kevin Pan, M.D., Ph.D. Email: Justin.Franco@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Kelly Morgan, B.S. MSBS Student Project: "Assessing Factor H-Fc fusion proteins for controlling Burkholderia Pseudomallei infection" Advisor: R. Mark Wooten, Ph.D. Email: Kelly.Morgan2@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Matthew Hathaway Ph.D. Student Project: TBD Advisor: Travis Taylor, Ph.D. Email: Matthew.Hathaway@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Mir Himayet Kabir, B.Sc., M.Sc. Ph.D. Student Project: "Investigation of TRIM2 as an antiviral factor during dengue virus infection" Advisor: Travis Taylor, Ph.D. Email: MirHimayet.Kabir@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Olalekan Olatunji Ph.D. Student Project: TBD Advisor: TBD Email: olalekan.olatunji@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Ryan Harris, B.Sc. Ph.D. Student Project: "Mechanism of host restriction of vector-borne flaviviruses" Advisor: Travis Taylor, Ph.D. Email: Ryan.Harris5@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Saroj Khadka Ph.D. Student Project: "Mechanism of Klebsiella hypermucoviscosity and its role in pathogenesis" Advisor: Laura Mike, Ph.D. Email: Saroj.Khadka@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Shumin Fan, B.B.A., M.S.A., M.S. M.D./Ph.D. Student Project: "Role of IRF in inflammatory diseases" Advisor: Saurabh Chattopadhyay, Ph.D. Email: Shumin.Fan@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Smrithi S Menon, M.S. Ph.D. Student Project: "Determination of how Factor H protects Trypanosoma cruzi from the alternative pathway of complement" Advisor: Viviana P. Ferreira, D.V.M., Ph.D. Email: Smrithi.SugumaranMenon@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Sukanya Chakravarty, B.Sc, M.Sc. Ph.D. Student Project: "The role of IRF3 in viral inflammation" Advisor: Saurabh Chattopadhyay, Ph.D. Email: Sukanya.Chakravarty@rockets.utoledo.edu
	Upasana Shrestha Ph.D. Student Project: "Using bacteria in biologically active water filters to remove and degrade the microcystin toxin (MC-LR)" Advisor: Jason Huntley, Ph.D. Email: Upasana.Shrestha@rockets.utoledo.edu