Biologist
Education:
Ph.D., Biochemistry, University of Mysore, India
M.S., Biochemistry, University of Mysore, India
Staff Scientist, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Biography
My current work aims to understand the mechanisms behind the immune-mediated pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 and how the antibody-mediated Fc effector functions modify the inflammatory response. Before joining the Fox laboratory, I worked on developing animal models and medical countermeasures for acute radiation injury based on the FDA animal rule and identified noninvasive biomarkers to assess radiation injury. During postdoctoral training at the University of Maryland, I studied the role of hypoxia during fetal heart development. I developed and characterized mouse models for dry eye disease and the congenital heart defects caused by placental insufficiency.