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Current Members

Left to right: Thomas Klose, Colton Forrest, Shishir Poudyal, Richard Kuhn, Jerry Kovey, Abayomi Adegboyega, Chloe Lee, Xueyong Xu, Jacqueline Anderson, Andrei Fokin, Geeta Buda, Abhishek Bandyopadhyay, Mercy Orukpe Moses, Sherik-fa Anang, Eduardo Suarez Lopez, Melanie Lindsay, Kyra Forsyth, Ryan Peters, Venkat Are, and Devika Sirohi.

Laboratory Head

Richard J. Kuhn

Richard J. Kuhn

Trent & Judith Anderson Distinguished Professor of Science;

Krenicki Family Director in Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease (PI4D)

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Administrators

Melanie Lindsay

Melanie Lindsay

PI4D Lead Administrative Assistant, Purdue Institute of Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease (PI4D) and Dr. Richard J. Kuhn.

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Assistant Research Scientists

Abhishek (Avi) Bandyopadhyay

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Andrei Fokine

Andrei Fokine

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Baldeep Khare

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Thomas Klose

Thomas Klose

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Devika Sirohi

Devika Sirohi

Ph.D. Purdue University

M.S. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

B.S. University of Delhi

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Postdoctoral Fellows

Venkat Are

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Shishir Poudyal

Shishir Poudyal

M.S. Medical Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

B.S. Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Xueyong Xu

Xueyong Xu

Ph.D. Institute of Biophysics of Chinese Academy of Siences

 

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Lab Manager

Geeta Buda

Geeta Buda

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Graduate Students

Abayomi Emmanuel Adegboyega

Abayomi Emmanuel Adegboyega

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Sherik-fa Anang

Sherik-fa Anang

B.S in Biochemistry, Cell & Molecular Biology from the University of Ghana

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Jacqueline Anderson

Jacqueline Anderson

AS in Biotechnology from Ivy Tech University

B.S. in Biotechnology from Purdue University IUPUI

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Jerry Joshua Kovey

Jerry Joshua Kovey

MSc. Medical Biology, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden.

BSc. Biochemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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Hyoshin (Chloe) Lee

Hyoshin (Chloe) Lee

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Mercy Orukpe-Moses

Mercy Orukpe-Moses

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Ryan Peters

Ryan Peters

B.S. in Biology and Biotechnology from Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Eduardo Surez Lopez

Eduardo Surez Lopez

B.S. in Biotechnology in Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez

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Undergraduate Students

Bella Demantes

Bella Demantes

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Colton Forrest

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Cora Tolan

Cora Tolan

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Olivia Vigilante

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