Kelly Araujo, PhD
Current Research Focus: Investigating the role of cardiac PTRH2 within post-partum
cardiomyopathy
Principal Investigator: Michelle Matter, PhD
PhD, Loyola University, Chicago
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2025
Randa Belgacemi, PhD
Current Research Focus: Hedgehog pathway, lung development and BPD
Principal Investigator: Denise Al Alam, PhD and Soula Danopoulos, PhD
PhD, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2021
Jinhyuk Choi, PhD
Current Research Focus: Diabetes, metabolic disease endocrinology
Principal Investigator: Eiji Yoshihara, PhD
PhD, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Kaist), South Korea
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2022
Pooja Choubey, PhD
Current Research Focus: Functional analysis of PTRH2 in mouse models: investigating the cellular, molecular, and mechano-transduction functions of PTRH2 in mouse models, focussing on tissue signaling and gene regulation
Principal Investigator: Michelle Matter, PhD
PhD, University of Delhi, India
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2025
Kaustav Das Gupta, PhD
Current Research Focus: Characterization of immune response to Candida auris infection in an attempt to identify novel immunomodulatory therapeutics for better containment of fungal infection
Principal Investigator: Shakti Singh, PhD
PhD, University of Queensland, Australia
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2024
Sanam Dolati, PhD
Current Research Focus: Mucoricin-induced cell death and therapeutic targeting in mucorales
Principal Investigator: Ashraf S. Ibrahim, PhD
PhD, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2025
Chiara Gattoni, PhD
Current Research Focus: Investigating the mechanisms of exercise intolerance in clinical populations, particularly in patients with COPD, PRISm and Long-COVID
Principal Investigator: William W. Stringer, MD, FCCP
PhD, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2023
Michele Girardi, PhD
Current Research Focus: Investigating the mechanisms of exercise intolerance in clinical populations, particularly in patients with COPD
Principal Investigator: Carrie Ferguson, PhD
PhD, University of Rome, Italy
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2023
Antony Hoarau, PhD
Current Research Focus: Neonatology
Principal Investigator: Soula Danopoulos, PhD and Denise Al Alam, PhD
PhD, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2022
Michelle Kalu, PhD
Current Research Focus: Skin microbiome and inflammatory skin diseases
Principal Investigator: Delphine J. Lee, MD, PhD, FAAD
PhD, University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2025
Deborah Kupferwasser, DrPH
Current Research Focus: Epidemiology
Principal Investigator: Loren Miller, MD, MPH
DrPH, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2022
Jianfeng Lin, PhD
Current Research Focus: Dissecting the interactions between the fungal pathogen Candida albicans and the host epithelium
Principal Investigator: Scott Filler, MD
PhD, University of Georgia, USA
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2019
Emma Loeffler, PhD
Current Research Focus: Human lung development and, more specifically, on understanding lung abnormalities observed in Down Syndrome
Principal Investigator: Denise Al Alam, PhD and Soula Danopoulos, PhD
PhD, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2025
Noushin Lotfi, PhD
Current Research Focus: Pediatrics asthma and allergy
Principal Investigator: Virender K. Rehan, MD
PhD, Thomas Jefferson University, USA
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2023
Alessio Marciano
Current Research Focus: Clarifying muscle-related limitations to exercise tolerance across healthy individuals and clinical populations
Principal Investigator: Harry Rossiter, PhD
University of Pavia, Italy
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2025
Jian Miao, PhD
Current Research Focus: Exploring how immune and epithelial networks interact with C. albicans at oral mucosal surfaces, aiming to identify pathways that maintain homeostasis and protect against fungal disease during early age
Principal Investigator: Marc Swidergall, PhD
PhD, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, USA
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2025
Elnaz Rahbarlayegh, PhD
Current Research Focus: Translational neuro-oncology focused on therapy resistance and target discovery in Glioblastoma and Neuroblastoma
Principal Investigator: Joe W. Ramos, PhD; Michelle Matter, PhD; Santosh Kesari, MD
PhD, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Iran
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2025
Jinendiran Sekar, PhD
Current Research Focus: Intersection of immunometabolism and mucosal immunity, particularly during mucosal fungal infections
Principal Investigator: Marc Swidergall, PhD
PhD, Madurai Kamaraj University, India
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2023
Aditya Singh, PhD
Current Research Focus: Cerebellar dysfunction in Ataxia telangiectasia and the role of cerebellar and downstream networks in cognitive flexibility
Principal Investigator: Paul Mathews, PhD
PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2024
Eman Youssef, PhD
Current Research Focus: Vaccine development and regenerative medicine
Principal Investigator: Ashraf S. Ibrahim, PhD
PhD, Beni Suef University, Egypt
Joined The Lundquist Institute in 2019