Faculty
Research Associates
Shreya Das, PhD
Bharathiar University, India
Sun Laboratory
Saugata Majumder, PhD
Bharathiar University, India
Sun Laboratory
Safiehkhatoon Moshkani, PhD
University of Rochester
Robek Laboratory
Danielle Califano, PhD
Albany Medical College
MacNamara Lab
Postdoctoral Fellows
Rachel Dermody, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
MacNamara Laboratory
Rachel Grazda, PhD
Albany Medical College
MacNamara Laboratory
Ivan Fung, PhD
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, The University of Melbourne, Australia
MacNamara Laboratory
Lokesh Kishore Mishra, PhD
Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
Mishra Laboratory
Jagdish Parihar, PhD
Manipal University Jaipur, India
Mishra Laboratory
Mitchell Waldran, PhD
SUNY Upstate Medical University
Robek Laboratory
Graduate Students
Amber Bahr (PhD candidate)
BS, SUNY College of Technology, Cobleskill
Albany Medical College Research Project: Investigating the Role of Type I IFNS and Eosinophil Activation in Ehrlichia-induced Liver Injury
Sophia Cangialosi (PhD candidate)
BS, Arizona State University, Tempe
Albany Medical College Research Project: Establishing the impact of MHC class II conformers on the immune response
Kayley Duncan (PhD Candidate)
BA, Russell Sage College
Albany Medical College Research
Project: Investigating the Role of CX3CR1 in Mediating Lung Lymphocyte Retention and Protective Immunity Following Parenteral Yersinia OMV Vaccination
Moloud Farrokhi (PhD candidate)
MS, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Albany Medical College Research
Project: Investigating the role of SIRPalpha in Aspergillus fumigatus infection
Alicia Finney (PhD candidate)
BA, University of New Hampshire
Albany Medical College Research Project: Mechanisms of SAMHD1 on Viral Nuclear Import
Matthew Kryzak (PhD Candidate)
BS, Quinnipiac University
Albany Medical College Research
Project: Investigating the role of MerTK in severe aplastic anemia pathogenesis
McKenzie (Woerner) Van der Veer (PhD candidate)
BS, Stonehill College
Albany Medical College Research Project: Investigating the alterations of gut macrophages in iron overload mice and their impact on ferrophilic Yersinia infection
Elijah Crosbourne (PhD candidate)
BS, SUNY Plattsburgh
Ibukun Ogunyemi (PhD candidate)
BS, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Albany Medical College Research
Project: Modulation of Clostridioides difficile sporulation by enterococci